Colin Shephard was formerly the Director of the Schools History Project. He is Chief Examiner for OCR GCSE Modern World History, and is leading the development of the new and innovative History GCSE Specification being piloted from 2006-2008. much in demand as trainer for GCSE and IGCSE. He was the Series Editor of the Discovering the Past series for both Key Stage 3 and GCSE.

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• : Part 1 Unit A - the Roman Empire: who were the Romans?: the republic and the empire: Rome in the 1st century AD: the provinces: viewpoints on the Romans: problems in the empire. Part 2 Unit B - medieval realms: what were the Middle Ages like?: the Norman Conquest and settlement: life in the Middle Ages: governing the country: England - part of Europe?: change and continuity. Part 3 Unit C - Islamic civilizations: connecting empires: why did Islam spread so rapidly?: living in the Islamic world: problems in the Holy land: the Ottomans: contrasts and connections.