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What Caused the Fall of the Ottoman Empire?
A TED-Ed lesson on the fall of the Ottoman Empire — one of history's most influential, which ruled for nearly six centuries across three continents. Learn how its elite Janissary warriors declined and how sweeping reforms tried to save it.
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