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In 1550 no European country (with the possible exception of the Ottoman Empire) had a standing ('permanent') army.
The Ottoman Empire tried to resist European Trade and Culture but were not terribly effective in doing either, especially at resisting European Culture.
Greece.
Janissary or janizary.
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In 1550 no European country (with the possible exception of the Ottoman Empire) had a standing ('permanent') army.
The Ottoman Empire tried to resist European Trade and Culture but were not terribly effective in doing either, especially at resisting European Culture.
Janlsaries
The Ottoman attempts at state consolidation differ from European attempts in the sense that they were more forceful in their takeovers than even the Europeans were.
The ottoman empire
Greece.
The dividing of southwest asia by the european power after the fall of the ottoman impire, after world war 1
Janissary or janizary.
France :)
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Most European countries thought that the Ottoman Empire was in its death throes. As Russian, English, and French empires expanded in the 19th century, that expansion came at the expense of the Ottoman Empire which continued to contract.
The Ottoman sultan was the autocratic hereditary ruler of the Ottoman Empire. (Basically it was no different than a king).