Question

Describe the economic decline of the Ottoman Empire?

Answer 1

I don't know if this will help you but you can also add in: discord within the Islamic community as well as economic and military defeats to Europe and Russia led to the military downfall of the Ottomans. After this they began to they began to refrain from intellectual pursuits and relied on military strength to support them so that they could keep internal conflict low. However, the military weakened and was no longer able to support the empire.

Answer 2

The empire's economy declined as the shift in world trade shifted from the Mediterranean, to the North Atlantic. This happened with the growth of the colonial empires. When the industrial revolution began in the 18th century, mostly in Western Europe, the focus was taken further away from the Mediterranean.