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21914391Late 18th/Early 19th Century DomesticWeakness in ruler, political competition, decline in the working positionis caused Ottomans internal weakness0
21914392Late 18th/Early 19th Century ForeignOttomans began to lose areas like Greece, Serbia, and Egypt and there were many revolts1
21914393Mahmud IICreated a private army and wiped out all the Janissaries and even their families2
21914394Tanzimat ReformsSeries of reforms in the Ottoman Empire between 1839-1876, established Western style universities, state postal systems, railways, extensive legal reforms, and resulted in the development of a constitution3
21914395Abdul HamidSultan of Ottoman Empire(1878-1908) who nullified the constitution and wanted to return to despotic absolutism4
21914396Ottoman Society for Union and ProgressYoung Turks organization of political agitators who opposed Abdul Hamid's rule. They wanted to reform on Western precedents.5
21914397MamluksMuslim slave warriors who established a dynasty in Egypt6
21914398Muhammad AliEgyptian ruler after the French invaded and he built a European-styled military.7
21914399KhedivesDescendents of Muhammad Ali in Egypt after 1867, who became the rulers.8
21914400Suez CanalBuilt across the Isthmus Suez to connect the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea (1869)9
21914401Muhammad AbduhIslamic scholar who stressed the need to borrow scientific learning from the West.10
21914402Ahmad OrabiStudent of Muhammad Abduh who led a revolt against Turkish influence in Egypt-- the British tried to put down the revolt. (1882)11
21914403Muhammad Achmad (Mahdi)Leader that united the diverse and divided people of Sudan. Led revolts against foreign invaders(Europeans) and into Egypt. Sought to pure Islam12

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