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merchants traded in the late 13th
and early 14th century was in
Antwerp. Antwerp is a city in
Belgium with a current population
of 520,000 people. It is one of the
most populous cities in Belgium in
the present. Merchants would go to
Antwerp because it was the place and trade goods became a popular
they would meet and exchange one, so neighboring countries started
products. The Van der Beurze family to follow this later on.
was the family to host and provide In the mid-13th century, citizens
the physical location because they from Venice, known as Venetians,
owned a building in Antwerp. The began to trade in government
idea of getting together in a place securities. Only Venetian bankers
