<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliEgypt became a backwater, even more so as the Ottoman Empire went into chronic terminal decline in the 18th century, with a series of crises that local mamelukes were unable to control.  <response>: Misri ilikua ni nchi ya nyuma, hata zaidi wakati Milki ya Ottoman ilipokuwa ikizorota katika karne ya 18, na mfululizo wa matatizo ambayo Mamluks wa eneo hilo hawakuweza kudhibiti. 