(Paperback)

In 1453, the last remnant of the mighty Roman Empire was obliterated when Turkish forces overran Constantinople. Western civilization was being threatened by medieval Islam. By 1570, a huge Turkish fleet had begun to turn the Mediterranean into a Muslim lake.

(Paperback)

Focusing on the rise and fall of civilization from the Ancient Egyptians to the Ottoman Empire, this book sheds light on the character of the region.