Halka qeybtii labaad ee qarnigii 17aad ay aasaaska u dhigtay Prussia inay noqoto mid ka mid ah ciyaartoyda waaweyn ee siyaasada Yurub. Awoodda ciidan ee soo baxaysa ee Brandenburg-Prussia, oo ku saleysan soo bandhigida ciidan joogto ah sanadkii 1653, waxaa astaan u ahaa guulaha si weyn loo xusay ee Warsaw (1656) iyo Fehrbellin (1675)
Iyo kayn wayn oo kale. 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.