Based on the passage, identify an issue faced by the Ottoman Empire in the 1600s. *

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.   Several other factors contributed to the [Ottoman] Empire’s decline:   • Competition from trade from the Americas   • Competition from cheap products from India and the Far East   • Development of other trade routes   • Rising unemployment within the Empire   • Ottoman Empire became less centralized, and central control weakened   • Sultans being less severe in maintaining rigorous standards of integrity in the administration of the Empire   • Sultans becoming less sensitive to public opinion

He sailed off course on his way back to greenland and ended up in north america