Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Qeybtii labaad ee qarnigii 17aad waxay aasaaska u dhigtay Prussia inay noqoto mid ka mid ah ciyaartoyda waaweyn ee siyaasada Yurub. Awoodda ciidanka Brandenburg-Prussia ee soo baxaysa, oo ku saleysan soo bandhigida ciidan joogto ah 1653, waxaa lagu calaamadeeyay guulaha si weyn loo xusay ee
Warsaw (1656) iyo Fehrbellin (1675) iyo Great Sleigh Drive (1678). Brandenburg-Prussia waxay sidoo kale aasaastay ciidan badda iyo gumeysiyo Jarmal ah oo ku yaal Xeebta Dahabka ee Brandenburg iyo Arguin. Frederick William, oo loo yaqaanay "The Great Elector", ayaa Brandenburg-Prussia u furay soo galooti ballaaran ("Peuplierung") oo u badan qaxootiga Protestant-ka ah ee ka kala yimid Yurub oo dhan ("Exulanten"), gaar ahaan soo galootiga Huguenot ka dib amarkii Potsdam. Frederick William wuxuu sidoo kale bilaabay inuu dhexeeyo maamulka Brandenburg-Prussia iyo inuu yareeyo saameynta hantida.