Trade and economy of tallinn
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Trade & Economy of Tallinn
Peep PõdderMarken Malm
• geographical placement of Tallinn• The Port of Tallinn • repeated invasions of Estonia
• The oldest remains of a fortified settlement (VIII-VII century BC)
• The oldest written records (325 BC)• Member of the Hanseatic League (1285)• Port of tallinn is a corporation.
• The House of the Blackheads
• The brotherhood of the Blackheads (May 14th 1400)
• Guild for unmarried merchants and shipowners
• Defended Tallinn from enemy invasions
• The building of the Town Hall of Tallinn (13th century-1404)• Town Hall was the seat of the self-government of Tallinn
until 1970.• Town Hall represented the power of the town council
• The Great Guild Hall housed the Great Guild of Tallinn(founded 1325)
• guild consisted of only the highest ranking merchants; active until 1920
• Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia (1710) • Estonia was caught in a current of national awakening.
Universities introduced Enlightenment ideas • The city was on the way up
A city that built its economy on saltLMT Airport; harboursIT department