Greetings fellow time travellers, always great to have you with me on the journey through time and space.

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That would be the end of the Adver.

Time to get aboard the time machine as we set off on the next stop in my love letter to the world.

Recorder microphone, action.

Hatred and hostility are on the rise. Battle lines are drawn and the crusaders sweep into

a maelstrom of bloody conflict. At their head of the Kings of Europe, standing in their way, resolute and determined, is Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria.

Amidst a war marked by butchery, slaughter and inexcusable war crimes on both sides, Saladin's reputation

for chivalry grows, and Islam was here to stay. Endeavoring to understand history in hopes of eliminating the future.

I'm Neil Oliver and this is my love letter to the world.

Hi, Neil. Hi Neil, in the last episode we stood in awe beside the extraordinary mountains of stone, as you call them, that humans have built throughout history. Which moment in the story of the world

are we heading to now? Morning Paul. Well after reaching for the skies last week we're

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