Modernization efforts in the Ottoman Empire had similarities with modernization in Japan, during Meiji Restoration.
The efforts at reformation in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century maintained similarities with the Meiji Restoration in Japan in the sense that a Constitution was promulgated, <em>absolutist</em> monarchy was replaced by a Prussian-like model of monarchy.
In addition, armies were modernized according to European standards and arts and sciences were promoted to endorse any industrialization effort. However, Japanese case was more succesful than Ottoman case.
Corn accounted for the size and sophistication of the Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America by molding the Pueblo culture in terms of its technology and development. This includes the development of irrigation systems in order to water their corn fields.
