<span>The darkened area in the map shows one of the nations which joined the United States in the Normandy Invasion of 1944. This nation is the</span> D. United Kingdom.
Kids probably needed to work the farm and tend to the livestock, etc. War has a nasty way of disrupting normal life.
<h2>Answer: The power of the [Ottoman] Empire was waning [fading] by 1683 when the second and last attempt was made to conquer Vienna. It failed. Without the conquest of Europe and the acquisition of significant new wealth, the Empire lost momentum and went into a slow decline.
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</h2><h2>Several other factors contributed to the [Ottoman] Empire’s decline:
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</h2><h2>• Competition from trade from the Americas
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</h2><h2>• Competition from cheap products from India and the Far East
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</h2><h2>• Development of other trade routes
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</h2><h2>• Rising unemployment within the Empire
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</h2><h2>• Ottoman Empire became less centralized, and central control weakened
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</h2><h2>• Sultans being less severe in maintaining rigorous standards of integrity in the administration of the Empire
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</h2><h2>• Sultans becoming less sensitive to public opinion
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