In the year 1190, the order of Teutonic Knights was created in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. They were moved into Eastern Europe with support of the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy. In the 1230s, these knights set forth to capture Prussia and convert the Pagan population there to Christianity. The Teutonic Knights cut Poland off from the Baltic Sea and by 1346 were in total control of most of the Baltic coast.

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