Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter ii
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface xv
4. 1. Once Upon a Time 1
5. 2. The Greatest Inventors of All Time 5
6. 3. The Land by the Nile 10
7. 4. Sunday, Monday 17
8. 5. The One and Only God 24
9. 6. I C-A-N R-E-A-D 29
10. 7. Heroes and their Weapons 31
11. 8. An Unequal Struggle 37
12. 9. Two Small Cities in One Small Land 44
13. 10. The Enlightened One and his Land 51
14. 11. The Great Teacher of a Great People 57
15. 12. The Greatest Adventure of All 62
16. 13. New Wars and New Warriors 73
17. 14. An Enemy of History 80
18. 15. Rulers of the Western World 83
19. 16. The Good News 92
20. 17. Life in the Empire and at its Frontiers 97
21. 18. The Storm 104
22. 19. The Starry Night Begins 110
23. 20. There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet 115
24. 21. A Conqueror who Knows How to Rule 123
25. 22. A Struggle to Become Lord of Christendom 130
26. 23. Chivalrous Knights 137
27. 24. Emperors in the Age of Chivalry 144
28. 25. Cities and Citizens 156
29. 26. A New Age 163
30. 27. A New World 172
31. 28. A New Faith 180
32. 29. The Church at War 187
33. 30. Terrible Times 193
34. 31. An Unlucky King and a Lucky King 200
35. 32. Meanwhile, Looking Eastwards ... 206
36. 33. A Truly New Age 213
37. 34. A Very Violent Revolution 220
38. 35. The Last Conqueror 227
39. 36. Men and Machines 240
40. 37. Across the Seas 248
41. 38. Two New States in Europe 255
42. 39. Dividing Up the World 264
43. 40. The Small Part of the History of the World Which I Have Lived Through Myself: Looking Back 273