Assertion: empire's people | /r/CapableOf | conclude after a number of defeats
Facets:
value: by the late 18th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: By the late 18th century, after a number of defeats in the wars with Russia, some people in the Ottoman Empire began to conclude that the reforms of Peter the Great had given the Russians an edge, and the Ottomans would have to keep up with Western technology in order to avoid further defeats.