Shephard, C: Discovering in Past: Contrasts & Connections: Discovering the Past

Unit A - the Roman Empire Section 1 Who were the Romans? Section 2 The Republic and the Empire Section 3 Rome in the first century AD Section 4 The provinces Section 5 Viewpoints on the Romans Section 6 Problems in the empire. Section 7 What have the Romans given us? Unit B - England 1066-1500 Section 1 What were the Middle Ages like? Section 2 The Norman Conquest and settlement Section 3 Life in the Middle Ages Section 4 Governing the country Section 5 England - part of Europe? Section 6 Change and continuity. Unit C - Islamic civilizations Section 1 Connecting empires Section 2 Why did Islam spread so rapidly? Section 3 Living in the Islamic world Section 4 Problems in the Holy land Section 5 The Ottomans Section 6 Contrasts and Connections Glossary Index

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.

Intended for Key Stage 3, this volume covers three units: The Roman Empire; Medieval Realms (England 1066-1500) and Islamic Civilisations.