Because you were this outlandishly learned scholar who managed to parlay your knowledge of Islam into the greatest road trip in history.

因为你是一位博学多才的学者，他成功地将你对伊斯兰教的知识运用到历史上最伟大的公路旅行中。

But even before the Ottomans, Venice had experience trading with the Islamic world: It initially established itself as the biggest European power in the Mediterranean thanks to its trade with Egypt’s sultan in the outlandishly lucrative pepper business.

但甚至在奥斯曼帝国之前，威尼斯就有与伊斯兰世界进行贸易的经历：由于与埃及苏丹进行利润丰厚的胡椒贸易， 它最初确立了自己在地中海地区最大的欧洲强国地位。