- [Ruler of the Ottoman Empire
- printing was invented shortly after, in 1485, the Arabic forbidding printing.
- The Ottoman level of education remained low, and by 1800 the adult literacy rate was still 2~3%.
- As a result, they fell far behind the industrial nations of Western Europe and were defeated in World War I.
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