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The Rhineland Trade Route: Charlemagne's Canals
Before the Hanseatic League and long after Rome fell, a forgotten web of river routes and canals knit together the heart of Europe. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the rise of the Rhineland trade network under the Carolingians. They meet the Frisian sailors who braved the North Sea, the toll-station monks who kept accounts, and the engineers who dug a canal that almost connected the Rhine to the Danube. They explore how Charlemagne's push for a canal at Fossa Carolina aimed to bind his empire together, and why it failed. Along the way, they uncover the surprising role of Jewish…
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