Polish-Bohemian alliance

It subsequently provided many advantages, such as offering an escape from the control of Germans and giving the Polish more land and influence.

[4]: 57–59 The alliance helped Poland and Bohemia escape from the potential control of the Germans as well as to get away from the possible aggressions coming from other states.

It also contributed to Christianization of Poland, which helped Mieszko I gain more foreign cultural experience and adopt certain elements of state organization.

The alliance also helped Mieszko I obtained Western Pomerania, a country at the mouth of the river Odra which played an extremely important role in commerce and economy in the ninth and tenth centuries.

It safeguarded their land beyond the Carpathians and also gave them an opportunity to extend their political and religious influence to the Slavic states.