1750-1900: HOW DID THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DEAL WITH EACH PROBLEM? 1. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE HAD AN OUTDATED AND SOMETIMES UNRULY MILITARY. 2. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS DECLINING IN EFFECTIVE RULE. 3. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE FACED THREATS FROM EUROPEAN POWERS. 4. CONSERVATIVE MUSLIMS WANTED TO KEEP ISLAM AS A GUIDING FORCE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. 5. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE’S SUBJECTS WERE INCREASINGLY DISSATISFIED WITH LIFE UNDER OTTOMAN RULE. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE HAD AN OUTDATED AND SOMETIMES UNRULY MILITARY. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS DECLINING IN EFFECTIVE RULE. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE FACED THREATS FROM EUROPEAN POWERS. CONSERVATIVE MUSLIMS WANTED TO KEEP ISLAM AS A GUIDING FORCE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE’S SUBJECTS WERE INCREASINGLY DISSATISFIED WITH LIFE UNDER OTTOMAN RULE.