Germanic europe had restored trade by 1200 in the north sea, baltic, and hanseat

Germanic europe had restored trade by 1200 in the north sea, baltic, and hanseatic system. But the Muslim blockade caused europeans to use the age of sail, which transferred wealth creation to the Atlantic rather than continental and northern states. So DEU civ was truncated. https://twitter.com/curtdoolittle/status/1417541386782576648