The Polish Golden Age refers to the times from 15th century Jagiellon Poland to the death of the last of the Jagiellons, Sigismund August in 1569, or mid-17th century, when in 1648 the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was ravaged by the Khmelnytsky Uprising and The Deluge and the Golden Age ended.
During its Golden Age, Poland became the largest kingdom of Europe, stretching from the Baltic Sea and modern-day Estonia to the Black Sea and Moldavia. Polish armies were able to defeat numerous Turkish, Swedish, Russian, Prussian, Austrian and Mongol invasions and the country prospered thanks to its enormous grain, wood and salt exports.
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