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What is happening in Turkey in 1871CE
The last few decades have seen the Ottoman empire take important steps to modernize itself with a wide ranging series of measures, known as the “Tanzimat Reforms”. These have built on the foundations laid by Mahmud II, and have affected the army and the administration, education, which has been westernised and expanded, and the law, with the promulgation of a series of European-style law codes. At the same time, central government authority has been re-imposed on much of Syria and Iraq.
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Egypt history 2500BCE
By this date Ancient Egypt has developed one of the great civilizations of world history.
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