Tag Archives: Sweden
The Great Northern War 1700-1721
During the Modern ages Latvian land was hit by three large international wars. The Livonian war , Swedish-Polish war and Great Northern War. All three wars were fought between rival empires in Baltic region. The Livonian war made Poland-Lithuania as the main … Continue reading
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Swedish Vidzeme
After war with Poland Sweden acquired Vidzeme (Livland) as new part of its empire. Riga was also added to Sweden and became one of the main trade centers of Sweden. At the time of Swedish rule Vidzeme became economically stable … Continue reading
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Polish-Swedish war 1600-1629.
After Livonian war former lands of Livonia were split between Poland-Lithuania and Sweden. Sweden grabbed Northern Estonia with Tallinn. However as the Empire of Sweden grow more stronger its lust for more land in the Baltic region grew stronger. Sweden … Continue reading
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The Livonian War
15.-16. century was time of great change in Europe in both political and social fields. Feudal ways of ruling nations changed. Strong European countries became centralized with strong royal administration and armies became more powerful. Once weak feudal nations slowly … Continue reading
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