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The Trade That Built Berlin: Hanse to Cold War
Berlin's rise from a muddy river crossing to a global capital was powered by trade. This episode follows the merchants who made it happen — from the medieval Hanseatic network that connected Spandau to Novgorod, to the Prussian toll bars that taxed grain boats on the Spree, to the 19th-century railway boom that turned Berlin into Europe's busiest freight hub. We meet the Flemish weavers who brought textile skills, the Huguenots who introduced luxury goods, and the Jewish bankers who financed Prussia's wars. We explore how the Berliner Börse became a center for railway shares…
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