Regulations for new technologies
[Ruler of the Ottoman Empire
printing was invented shortly after, in 1485, the Arabic forbidding printing.
The Ottoman level of education remained low, and by 1800 the adult literacy rate was still 2~3%.
As a result, they fell far behind the industrial nations of Western Europe and were defeated in World War I.
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