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starting 1800 onwards the ottoman empire is portrayed as being 50 years behind the other empires, I never quite understand that statement, did the ottomans just stop buying firearms? did they get rid of the Cannons? I really don't understand what did the other empires have and the ottomans lacked

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Did the phoenicians enjoy any special treatments under the ptolomic rule ?

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did the Muslim rahala's venture into Africa?

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Have you ever thought about the lebanese language and how it resembles the Phoenician one, then wondered how historians claim that Lebanon was completely hellinised and the lebanese current language should have Greek roots rather than Phoenician ones?

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When the Romans invaded the levant , did they recognise the phoenicians as the same people like those living in North Africa, sicilia and iberia ?

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Why didn't the ottomans or their Andalusian allies (later known as moors) venture into the Atlantic?

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starting 1800 onwards the ottoman empire is portrayed as being 50 years behind the other empires, I never quite understand that statement, did the ottomans just stop buying firearms? did they get rid of the Cannons? I really don't understand what did the other empires have and the ottomans lacked	7
Did the phoenicians enjoy any special treatments under the ptolomic rule ?	6
did the Muslim rahala's venture into Africa?	4
Have you ever thought about the lebanese language and how it resembles the Phoenician one, then wondered how historians claim that Lebanon was completely hellinised and the lebanese current language should have Greek roots rather than Phoenician ones?	2
When the Romans invaded the levant , did they recognise the phoenicians as the same people like those living in North Africa, sicilia and iberia ?	1
Why didn't the ottomans or their Andalusian allies (later known as moors) venture into the Atlantic?	0