The Ottoman military had declined by the nineteenth century because
A) the Janissary corps was more interested in palace intrigues than in military training.
B) the Janissaries resisted all efforts to modernize the army.
C) many provincial rulers had private mercenary armies.
D) Ottoman forces carried outmoded equipment.
E) All these answers are correct.
Ans: E) All these answers are correct.
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