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Similar to its fellow Baltic republics Estonia and Lithuania, Latvia is a relatively new European country that only established independence in 1991. Originally an area under the influence of Germanic settlers, Latvia was founded in 1201 by the German Bishop Albert of Livonia. In 1285, the city of Riga joined the Hanseatic League, an alliance of trading cities in the north of Europe that established a monopoly on trade. The area fell alternately under Polish and Swedish...
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