<span>The 17th century saw Sweden as an European "Great Power" and one of the major military and political combatants on the continent during the Thirty Years' War. By mid-century, the kingdom included part of Norway, all of Finland and stretched into Russia. Sweden's control of portions of modern Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Germany made the Baltic Sea essentially a Swedish lake.</span>
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A because he got seriously injured and died in hospital after the battle.
One of the major ways in which the European Union affects the rest of the world is that it allows for expedited trade to take place between European nations, which brings down the price of various products, which subsequently helps the world economy grow.
