S: (n) Creek Confederacy (a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma)
S: (n) Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)
S: (n) Bremen (a city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea; in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Dortmund (an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Cologne, Koln (a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale (a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries)
S: (n) Hamburg (a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Hannover, Hanover (a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Lubeck (a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Rostock (a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century)
S: (n) Bruges, City of Bridges (a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction)
S: (n) Gdansk, Danzig (a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century)
S: (n) Tartu (a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Riga, capital of Latvia (a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League)
S: (n) Klaipeda, Memel (a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League)