What's the earliest possible time that the agricultural output and population density of the area called East Prussia and Pomerania, could have supported an organized, centralized military power? It need not be Germanic or called Prussia at all, but its powerbase must be in what we call Kaliningrad now.
Earliest possible "Prussia"? (in terms of geographical area)
There was a Baltic Polish Prussia pre-Teutons. iirc the Teutons carved what is now known as Prussia from said Prussians.
Of course, but the Old Prussians hadn't formed a sedentary, centralized military power.
I reckon the Viking Age or thereabouts. Before then the area wasn't settled enough.
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1. I would focus realistically on the Teutonic Knights (win Tannenberg and become secular) 1200 - 1450
2. Have the Rus (Swede Vikings) focus on settlements there vs Kiev etc - have them carve a Novograd, East + Teutonic Knight area. 760 - 900
a. Under Rus kingdom -- stay away from Mongols, Defeat absorb Poles, keep Brandenburg allies or at bay, expand East after Mongols devastate Moscow
2. Have the Rus (Swede Vikings) focus on settlements there vs Kiev etc - have them carve a Novograd, East + Teutonic Knight area. 760 - 900
a. Under Rus kingdom -- stay away from Mongols, Defeat absorb Poles, keep Brandenburg allies or at bay, expand East after Mongols devastate Moscow
The Scandinavians tried this OTL and they failed. The local Baltic opposition was too strong. They eventually resolved to just establishing trading posts and not bothering to push inland.
Practically impossible. Lithuania was already pretty much unified at the time, any Russian principality that were to try to reach Prussia would have to go through them. And after the Mongol invasion, no Russian principality was strong enough to simply roll over the Lithuanians, or even the Poles for that matter.
Yeah, one of the chieftains ? going christian and uniting the whole Prussia with help.from Poland and the Empire.
What about pulling a Lithuania, uniting as pagans and playing the Orthodox and Catholics against each other. Or, simply have a native genius unite under a pagan banner after perceiving the threat and coming up with a response ATL that didn't happen otl.