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Asian Empires (the dominant powers of 1750) Ottoman Empire
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- Capital: Istanbul (formerly Constantinople, captured 1453)
- Territory in 1750: Anatolia (Turkey), the Balkans, the Levant, Egypt, much of North Africa, parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia
- Religion: Sunni Islam (ruling), with substantial Christian and Jewish populations governed under the millet system, which allowed religious communities self-rule on internal matters
- Government: Sultan held absolute authority. Janissary corps served as the elite military.
- Peak: Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566)
- By 1750: Already showing signs of decline. Loss of military edge after the failed Siege of Vienna (1683). Would later be called "the sick man of Europe."
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