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Female-only jobs in this empire included designated mortar layers and urban mongers who were exempt from guilds. The Walloon merchant Louis De Geer convinced this empire to purchase Akan land for slave trading. A ruler of this empire named a fort built on a wharf called “The Rocks;” that fort was besieged by Peter Stuyvesant in 1655. A possibly (*) intersex ruler of this empire with a twisted (10[1])back (-5[1])carried out a lengthy affair with Cardinal Azzolino after abdicating to Italy. René Descartes died while (10[1])tutoring a ruler of this empire who was nicknamed the “Minerva of the North” and inherited its throne after the death of her father (10[1])at the Battle of Lützen. For 10 points, name this empire ruled by Queen Christina, who succeeded Gustavus Adolphus. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Sweden [or Kingdom of Sweden or Sverige or Konungariket Sverige; accept the Swedish Empire or Stormaktstiden; accept New Sweden or Nya Sverige]
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