Because much of the former Surrey Docks had strong trade links to Scandinavia and the Baltic region the area is still home to a thriving Scandinavian community.

Because of this and other victories by Wallenstein, Denmark was forced to sue for peace at the Treaty of Lübeck, but this disrupted the balance of power in Europe resulting in Swedish involvement in 1630 under their redoubtable leader, the brilliant King and Field General Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden who had been attempting to dominate the Baltic for the previous ten years in wars with Poland, then a continental power of note.

Because of its similarity to the Canadian Shield and cratons of southern Africa and Western Australia, the Baltic Shield had long been a suspected source of diamonds and gold.

Because of the victory Mieszko of the Polans gained access for the first time in 972 to the Oder River going north into the Baltic Sea and to some parts of the land, later called Pomerania.

Because of its history and geographic location Finland has been influenced by the adjacent areas ' various Finnic, Baltic and Germanic peoples as well as the former dominant powers Sweden and Russia.

Because of this, the George H. W. Bush administration openly supported the secession of the Baltic SSRs, but regarded the questions related to the independence and territorial conflicts of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the rest of the Transcaucasus — which were integral part of the USSR with international borders unaltered since the 1920s — as internal Soviet affairs.

Because of this, the George H. W. Bush administration openly supported the restoration of independence of the Baltic SSRs, but regarded the questions relating to the independence and territorial conflicts of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the rest of the Transcaucasus — which were integral part of the USSR with international borders unaltered since the 1920s — as internal Soviet affairs.

Because of the port's location at the southwestern corner of Finland the harbour provides the most efficient route to serve the Baltic Sea.

Because of its position Denmark is the gate to the Baltic Sea and a strong Danish defence would prevent Nazi Germany for using Denmark as a bridgehead for an attack on the Soviet Union.

" Because of a shortage of men due to warfare, many tribes encouraged marriage between the two groups, to create stronger, healthier children from the unions.

Because of his background as a soldier, Shaka taught the Zulus that the most effective way of becoming powerful quickly was by conquering and controlling other tribes.

Because a drought has affected the grain supply, Caesar's troops must winter among the rebellious Belgic tribes.

Because the Pawnee people were old enemies of the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche and Kiowa tribes, instead of fighting against Westward expansion, they served with the army for fourteen years between 1864 and 1877, earning a reputation as being a well trained unit, especially in tracking and reconnaissance.

Because of the Arian domination of some of the Roman Empire by the barbarian tribes, this authority could not be exercised by the bishop of Rome.

Because of this, he was elected supreme leader of the Xianbei tribes at the age of 15 and established his ordo ( palace ) at Mount Darkhan.

Because of losses to war and disease, the Mohawk and other tribes often adopted younger captives into their tribes.

Because many of the tribes had fought as allies of the British, the United States compelled tribal leaders to sign away lands in postwar treaties, and began dividing these lands for settlement.

Because Ishi's production was more typical of arrowheads of the Nomlaki or Wintu tribes and markedly dissimilar to those of Yahi, Shackley suggested that Ishi may have been only half Yahi and of mixed ancestry, related to another of the tribes.

Because the terrain was extremely rugged and lacked any major sources of wealth such as mineral riches, the area that is now Montenegro became a haven for residual groups of earlier settlers, including some tribes who had escaped Romanisation.

Because Turkmen tribes, most notably the Yomud, were in the military service of the Khivan khan, Russian forces undertook punitive raids against Khorazm, in the process slaughtering hundreds of Turkmen and destroying their settlements.

Because it was more homogeneous and more developed than the original tribes to the north of the Kura, the Armenian element took over Caucasian Albania ’ s political life and was progressively able to impose its language and culture.

Because of their continuous raids, these tribes subdivided into separate clans and moved on to other areas.

Because of similar finds further north near Mainz and Trier it is assumed, that tribes other than Alamanni settled in the area.

Because the original work of Cassiodorus has not survived, the work of Jordanes is one of the most important sources for the period of the migration of the European tribes, and the Ostrogoths and Visigoths in particular, from the 3rd century CE.

Because of keen interest by tribes to gain control of the lower Ottawa River, the Kitcisìpiriniwak and the Wàwàckeciriniwak came under fierce opposition.

Because both Bell and Lawrence had traveled the desert and established ties with the local tribes and gain unique perspectives of the people and the land prior to World War I, Hogarth realized the value of Lawrence and Bell's expertise.

Because a large part of the conflict between the native tribes took place far beyond the frontier and in locations that had yet to have European contact, the full extent and impact of the war is unknown.

Because most of the tribes were decentralized, acceptance of the treaty was contingent upon ratification by 3 / 4 of the adult males of each of the tribes.

Daniel H. Ludlow has said " in a patriarchal blessing, lineage is being declared ... when terms indicating direct descent are used, such as “ son of ,” “ daughter of ,” “ seed of ,” “ blood of ,” “ descendant of ,” or “ from the loins of .”" The church also says that " Because each of us has many bloodlines running in us, two members of the same family may be declared as being of different tribes in Israel ".

Because the Alaouites had difficult relations with many of the country's Berber and Bedouin-Arab tribes, Isma ' īl formed a new army of black slaves, the Black Guard.

Because the soul's attention, while inhabiting a body, is turned so far away from its origin in the intelligible world, Proclus thinks that we need to make use of bodily reminders of our spiritual origin.

Because the area had been depopulated by plague in the early 18th century, King Frederick William I of Prussia invited Protestant refugees who had been expelled from the Archbishopric of Salzburg to settle in Insterburg in 1732.

Because the duchy was outside of the core Holy Roman Empire ( Prussia was under HRE administration by the Teutonic Order grandmasters ), the prince-electors of Brandenburg were able to proclaim themselves kings in Prussia beginning in 1701.

Because William III's heir general was King Frederick I of Prussia, the latter also claimed part of the inheritance ( for example Lingen ).

Because Ducal Prussia was ostensibly a Lutheran land, authorities travelled throughout the duchy ensuring that Lutheran teachings were being followed and imposing penalties on pagans and dissidents.

Because of the duke's illness, Prussia was governed by Albert's nephew George Frederick of Hohenzollern-Ansbach-Jägersdorf ( 1577 – 1603 ).

Because King Frederick William I of Prussia was not a significant patron of the arts, Christian Ludwig seems to have lacked the musicians in his Berlin ensemble to perform the concertos.

Because William III died without legitimate children, the principality was regarded as having been inherited by his closest cognate relative on the basis of the testament of Frederic-Henry, Frederick I of Prussia, who ceded the principality — at least the lands, but not the formal title — to France in 1713.

Because the Frankfurt National Assembly had no army of its own, it could do nothing about the unilateral actions on the part of Prussia.

Because the Kingdom of Prussia already had problems financing and equipping its regular forces, the volunteers had to equip and supply themselves by their own means, as they were not paid wages.

Because of its location on Śniardwy, the fishery of Nikolaiken ensured continued prosperity ; the whitefish of the region were especially popular throughout East Prussia.

Because of his great service in the war against the heathens in Livonia and Prussia, he was named Marshal of France on December 25, 1391, by Charles VI at the cathedral of St. Martin in Tours.

Because Prussia did not recognize the Stella Matutina academy, Clemens spent the last years of his education near home.

Because they were army officers who had tried to flee Prussia for France, Frederick William I leveled an accusation of treason against the pair.

Because its publication was illegal in Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, it was printed in Tilsit ( current Sovetsk ) and Ragnit ( current Neman ) in German East Prussia and smuggled into Lithuania by the knygnešiai ( book smugglers ).