The 18^th Century Was for the Ottomans a Century of

The 18^th century was for the Ottomans a century of

A) lost wars and confiscated territories.
B) learning valuable lessons from the way Europeans shared their knowledge in many subjects.
C) great upheaval as various reform movements failed and several leaders were overthrown.
D) successful efforts to build a formidable army that Europe came to respect.
E) reinforcing their Muslim belief system and incorporating that even more strongly into their governments.