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J.V.Veski nim. Maarja Põhikool SALT IN - Jõgeva estonia

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Dorpat () Salt in Estonia In the 1280s Dorpat joined Reval () the Hanseatic Salt was a product that was In 1285 the city, then known as League. In medieval times widely used and hence there is a Reval, became the northernmost Tartu was an important trading transportation component that city. member of the – a comes with salt works and this mercantile and military alliance Pernau can be both land and sea borne. of German-dominated cities in Northern (Pärnu) Europe. The latter In Estonia there are no salt On joining the Hanseatic League, , then mines, nevertheless the old Reval was a Danish fief, but was sold, known by Hansa route went through the with the rest of northern Estonia, to the the German four Estonian city: Teutonic Order in 1346.. name of Pernau, was a member Reval (Tallinn), Medieval Reval enjoyed a of the Hanseatic League and an Dorpat (Tartu), strategic position at the crossroads of important ice-free harbor. Pernau (Pärnu), trade between Western and Northern Fellin (Viljandi). Europe and . Fellin (Viljandi) During the first The city was very half of the 14th century, Viljandi Main trading routes well fortified joined the influential Hanseatic of the Hanseatic League: with city walls League – the town had become and 66 defence an important stop for merchants towers. on their way to Russia and back.

Tallinn's Old Town is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Sites