Which medieval trading league did Riga join, becoming a leading port on the Baltic?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. the Hanseatic League
- Step 1: The Hansa was a league of merchant towns around the Baltic and North Sea. Step 2. Riga joined it in the thirteenth century. Answer: the Hanseatic League. Why not the others: The Kalmar Union was a union of Scandinavian crowns, the Holy Alliance was a nineteenth-century pact, and the Warsaw Pact is from the Cold War.
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