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Who became known as the “sick man of Europe” in the 1800s?

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The Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire was known as "the sick man of Europe" because it was slowly decreasing it's power, like a sick man

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Ottoman empire

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The Ottoman Empire was known as the "sick man of Europe" in the 1800s because it was failing so much. It's a colloquial term to describe the whole empire jokingly, because it was in its decline.

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