Levant Trading Company #12737620
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Description
The origins of the Levant Company lay in the Italian trade with Constantinople, and the wars against the Turks in Hungary, although a parallel was routed to Morocco and the Barbary Coast on a similar trade winds as early as 1413.[4] The collapse of the Venetian empire, high tariffs, and the ousting of the ####### from Scio (Chios)[5] had left a vacuum that was filled by a few intrepid adventurers in their own cog vessels with endeavour to reopen trade with the East on their own accounts.[6] Following a decline in trade with the Levant over a number of decades, several London merchants ########## Queen Elizabeth I in 1580 for a charter to guarantee exclusivity when trading in that region.[7] In 1580 a treaty was signed between England and the Ottoman Empire, giving English merchants trading rights similar to those enjoyed by French merchants. In 1582, William Harborne, an English merchant who had carried out most of the treaty negotiations in Constantinople to French protestations, made
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Membership history
Growth
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| Measured (UTC) | Members | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept 2026, 14:15 | 14 | first reading |
Ownership
Owned by @AmiableGemstone as measured.
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Members we’ve seen
@AmiableGemstone — Major (rank 255) terminated
@SwissVonKalckreuth — Recruit (rank 4)
Pixel_ix (@Pixle_ix) — Recruit (rank 4) terminated
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Rank structure
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