challenge: What was the motivation behind the Hanseatic merchants' request to build a landmark on the Kõpu peninsula around 1490?
  
  A. To mark a significant trade route in the Baltic Sea
  B. To establish a new settlement on the Hiiu sandstone bank
  C. To honor the Hanseatic League's founding
  D. To commemorate the bishop of Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek
  Answer: 