<span>I think it is The Crimean War, Expanse of the railroad and, increase absolute power. I am not sure about the third one.</span>
The main religion was Islam.
In the west, the definining feature of the modern era is the development of all forces of modernity, i.e., science, reason, democracy, liberty and equality. Medieval is in fact a term that is used to describe a societal period that lacked all these features.