Write about a 300-word response paper, briefly summarizing the account and describing and analyzing the worlds mentioned in the documentary. Refer to the BBC video (by name only), your text, and other sources as you analyze the religious, ethnic, trade, and military contest for dominance around the Mediterranean at the time frame of our protagonist. 

Provide 4 dates/periods as you write, e.g. the year when X happened, the century when Y happened, etc. Utilize the general historical questions Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How as you go.