By the nineteenth century the Ottoman Empire was
a. attempting to reform itself but ultimately failed to do so.
b. increasing its power in North Africa but not in the Middle East.
c. turning its back on its Islamic past in order to modernize and survive.
d. going through a literary renaissance under the leadership of the Young Turks.
e. voluntarily granting independence to its many subject peoples.
a
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