A prophet and three continents.
2. Between two millennia.
Europe's response: the reconquista and naval exploits.
The role of the Holy City.
Conflict and encounters in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
The treasure of the pharaoh.
"Inimicus crucis, inimicus Europae": the Ottoman threat.
Renaissance Europe and the Turks.
Sultans, pirates and renegades.
The age of iron and the enlightenment.
From the 'sickness' of the Ottoman Empire to the third wave of Islam.
