Environment Creation for Film



Environment Creation for Film
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Language: English | VTT | Size: 20.7 GB | Duration: 23.5 hours

In depth course to create realistic exterior environment using Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter for Intermediate students
Description
Hi Guys, do you want to create a realistic 3D scene for a commercial or a film but don't know how to start? If that is the case then I welcome you to Nexttut Education´s Environment Creation for Film. My name is Abraham Leal, I am a 3D Artist and producer, I have 8 years of experience in the industry. Currently I lead my own studio Critical Hit where we design and produce projects for the entertainment Industry.

Why you should enroll: At the end of this course, you will able to recreate a 3D environment from a concept. You will understand all the necessary steps to create the different props, sections, lights and textures needed to get the best possible result for your portfolio.

In this Course, you will be learning

Camera Matching

Prop Modelling

Sculpting

UV Mapping

Texturing

Rendering with Arnold

Cinematic Lighting

Post Production

I will start the course by blocking in the scene and getting the proportions right. After that we will start modelling all the different props and getting them ready for textures. Once all the props are ready we will Uv map them and we will start building the lights of our scene. Finally we will texture the whole scene and make sure it looks the best before we jump into Photoshop for the final touches of our image.

Who should enroll: I have designed this course for intermediate level students and artists who want to improve their skills as environment artists in order create their own scenes from scratch. In this course I will be using Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop and Arnold Renderer, so be sure to have all of them installed to follow properly.


What you'll learn
Environment Modeling
Texturing
Rendering with Arnold
Cinematic Lighting

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Udemy: Docker for Beginners



Docker for Beginners
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Genre: eLearning Video | Duration: 80 lectures (7 hour, 29 mins) | Language: English

Learn Docker with multiple hands-on activities. Networking, volumes, environment variables and running apps in docker.


What you'll learn

How to use Docker images and create Containers
Manage Docker containers: start, stop, prune, restart
Enable port mapping and expose container ports to outside
Run Node and Python applications using Docker Containers
Create environment variables for Docker containers
Use volumes mapping and use specific working directories in the Docker containers
Create custom bridge networks and run multiple containers
Communicate between containers by container name in the custom bridge network


Requirements

No specific requirements, just desire to make your hands dirty and learn Docker by doing
Any computer - Mac, Windows or Linux

Description

This course is all about Docker

Understand HOW Docker works and learn its core features ON PRACTICE. This is 90% practice course without no useless demos!

Learn how to create different containers like Node.js, Python, Wordpress, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch and much more.

Become a master of Docker by understanding and practicing its main features.

All project files are available in the GitHub repository.

We will start by installing Docker on your computer - MacOS, Windows or Linux. On MacOS and Windows you will install Docker Desktop, on Linux you will install Docker Engine.

Afterwards we will jump into tons of practice activities and use different Docker features. You will pull different docker images and run multiple containers using them.

In practice sections you will perform multiple practice Docker activities:

Run Docker containers in foreground and background

Connect to certain process in the Docker from the Terminal

Expose internal container ports to outside

Add environment variable for container

Create custom names and hostnames for container

Create custom bridge network and run multiple containers inside of it

Communicate between containers

Persist containers folders using volumes mapping

You will also learn and practice how to use following Docker images

Ubuntu

Alpine, Busybox

Node.js

Python

MongoDB

MySQL, phpMyAdmin

NGINX

Wordpress

Elasticsearch

Redis

Httpd

During the course you will need to view and edit text files. For that you will NOT use terminal. Instead you will use GUI application VisualStudio Code. Also all project files are available in the GitHub repository. This means that during this course you will also learn how to use

Git and GitHub

VisualStudio Code

With this course you will get lifetime-long access to more than 50 lectures and tens of practical exercises. After the course you will get fundamental practical knowledge of Docker and be able to easily use it for development and testing of your applications.

But most important is that you will UNDERSTAND Docker main features like

Docker Volumes

Docker Networking

Environment Variables

Don't wait and join the course now!

Who this course is for:

Any software developers

Devops Tools and AWS for Java Microservice Developers



Devops Tools and AWS for Java Microservice Developers
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Created by: Bharath Thippireddy

Master Docker , Kubernetes, Maven, Jenkins ,GIT , AWS EC2 ,Elastic Beanstalk,ELB,Auto Scaling and more in easy steps
What you'll learn

You will learn The concepts of cloud, continuous delivery and Devops
You will then be introduced to AWS where you will setup your AWS Cloud account
Learn how to launch AWS instances and learn a few linux basic commands
You will learn how to install and use GIT locally
Perform operations on remote Git Repositories as well
You will also learn how to resolve code conflicts ,branching and more
You will master all the fundamentals of maven and create and build standalone and java web applications
You will then create two micro service projects using spring boot
You will deploy and test your Micro Service applications manually to AWS by setting up java, mysql on a EC2 Instance on the cloud
Using AWS Elastic bean Stalk Service we can quickly deploy our applications and it will provide our application the environment that is required to run
You will use EBS with RDS (Relational Database Service) to deploy and test your micro services
You will use various docker commands to pull images and launch containers, mount volumes and even working with docker networks
You will use Visual Studio Code IDE which will make Docker File Creation super simple
Docker-Compose is a very powerful tool using which you will launch multiple docker containers in one shot
You will learn what Kubernetes is ,various components in the Kubernetes cluster
You will setup Minikube which is a super easy way to explore Kubernetes cluster on your laptop
You will then come back to AWS and master services such as IAM , Auto Scaling,Elastic Load Balancer, Cloud Watch
You will learn how to use jenkins to configure you project builds , web hooks ,pipelines and automate the complete deployment process
You will also be introduced to Ansible which is a configuration management tool for Devops

Requirements

Basic knowledge of programming
Spring Boot Knowledge is required to work on the Micro Service project or the completed projects can be downloaded

Description

Look at any developer job opening out there, the knowledge of Cloud like AWS and experience with Devops tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins is a must.In this All In One course you will master all the Devops Tools from GIT all the way to Kubernetes and also AWS Services from EC2 to CloudWatch to make your MicroService applications Continuous Deployment and Production Ready.

Are you a Developer with Microservices background ? Are you a developer who is just getting started with your career? then this course is for you .You will quickly master the fundamentals of Devops Tools(Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins etc) and AWS Services a developer uses.Enroll now and

You will learn the concepts of cloud, continuous delivery and Devops in the context of micro services development and how they all fit together to be cloud and continuous deployment ready

You will then be introduced to AWS where you will setup your AWS Cloud account

Learn how to launch AWS instances and learn a few linux basic commands required to work on the cloud and Devops

You will learn how to install and use GIT locally and to push your project and perform operations on remote Git Repositories as well

You will also learn how to resolve code conflicts ,branching and more

Maven is one of the most used build and dependency management tool in the java world

You will master all the fundamentals of maven and create and build standalone and java web applications

You will then create two micro service projects using spring boot

You will deploy and test your Micro Service applications manually to AWS by setting up java, mysql on a EC2 Instance on the cloud

Using AWS Elastic bean Stalk Service we can quickly deploy our applications and it will provide our application the environment that is required to run .You will use EBS with RDS (Relational Database Service) to deploy and test your micro services

Docker is an open-source tool to package your applications and everything they need as containers.You can then uses these containers on your laptop , in testing, stage and all the way to production which could be on the cloud or servers with in your organization

You will use various docker commands to pull images and launch containers, mount volumes and even working with docker networks and see how simple they are

You will use Visual Studio Code IDE which will make that task super simple

Docker-Compose is a very powerful tool using which we can launch multiple docker containers in one shot

Kubernetes is drastically changing the application deployment process, making it possible to roll out new releases with no downtime

You will learn what Kubernetes is ,various components in the Kubernetes cluster

The Object Model what deployments, services ,pods are and how they work with each other

You will setup Minikube which is a super easy way to explore Kubernetes cluster on your laptop

You will deploy containerized applications to Kubernetes cluster

You will then come back to AWS and master services such as IAM , Auto Scaling,Elastic Load Balancer, Cloud Watch to monitor the health of the machines and send out notifications

You will learn how to use Jenkins to configure you project builds , web hooks ,pipelines and automate the complete deployment process

You will also be introduced to Ansible which is a configuration management tool for Devops

You can learn them all or pick a topic and master it as required for your interviews and projects.Check Out the course content and free preview lectures and enroll.See you on the course

Who this course is for:

Java Developers who are just getting started
Experienced Java Developers
Automations Testers
DevOps Beginners
Any one who wants to master DevOps tools and AWS Cloud in simple steps

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Business Analysis Certification Program - Exam Questions



Business Analysis Certification Program - Exam Questions
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Genre: eLearning Video | Duration: 59 lectures (10 hour) | Language: English

Business Analysis Certification Program (IIBA - ECBA Certification)



What you'll learn

Introduction to Business Analysis
Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Business Analysis Elicitation and Collaboration
Business Analysis and Requirements Life Cycle Management
Business Analysis and Strategy Analysis
Business Analysis and RADD: Requirements Definition
Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
Business Analysis and Solution Evaluation
Analytical Techniques Used for Business Analysis
Activities and Tools Used for Business Analysis
Documentation and Criteria Used for Business Analysis
Business Analysis Competencies: Personal Skills
Business Analysis Competencies: Professional Effectiveness
Business Analysis Competencies: Professional Effectiveness

Requirements

No special requirements or prerequisites, but general knowledge about business would facilitate learning.

Description

The Business Analysis Certification Program - Exam Questions course is aligned with the (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge Guide) BABOK v3 and includes the exercises of the Business Analysis Certification Program, which includes a total of 14 courses:

Introduction to Business Analysis

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

Business Analysis Elicitation and Collaboration

Business Analysis and Requirements Life Cycle Management

Business Analysis and Strategy Analysis

Business Analysis and RADD: Requirements Definition

Requirements Analysis and Design Definition

Business Analysis and Solution Evaluation

Analytical Techniques Used for Business Analysis

Activities and Tools Used for Business Analysis

Documentation and Criteria Used for Business Analysis

Business Analysis Competencies: Personal Skills

Business Analysis Competencies: Professional Effectiveness

Business Analysis Perspectives

You can use this course to improve your business analysis knowledge and abilities and to obtain the certifications provided by the International Institute of Business Analysis. That's it! Now go ahead and push that "Take this course" button and see you on the inside!

Who this course is for:

Individuals ready to develop their business analysis skills, knowledge and behaviours as practicing business analysis professionals.

Rich Schefren - Coalition To Save Internet Business

What You Get:
EACH GUEST'S TOP Q1 2020 SECRET + THE 3 P'S - POKER, POOL & PHYSICAL COMBAT!
This coalition of "A" list influencers has gathered to help internet business owners defend against the "secret war" being waged against them by Big Tech.

Each of the biggest names in internet business and Marketing share their most powerful secret to creating massive traffic, cashflow and business growth.
On top of that you're going to get a FRONT ROW SEAT to watch the inter-coalition poker game & pool tournament.

THE 17 HOTTEST MARKETING MOVES FOR Q1, 2020!
FRESH FROM THE LABS - THE MOVES THAT ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW!
You get the 17 hottest marketing moves the industry's marketing giant is using for Q1 of 2020 and beyond.
10 Easy Ways to Increase Conversions without changing a word of copy.
7 Simple Strategies to multiply email sales and boost cart value in ways that only a company with millions of subscribers can find out for you.
Plus 3 BONUS clips from the Covert Castle Cam Rich snuck into the elite castle mastermind in France!

THE 'COALITION': EACH SWORN TO REVEAL THEIR MOST POWERFUL SECRET FOR 2020, PLUS THEIR MARKETING AND BUSINESS INSIGHTS INTO THE NEXT DECADE!

RICH SCHEFREN:
Author of the Internet Business Manifesto, plus A.I. marketing, online advertising, entrepreneurship and strategic planning expert.

RYAN DEISS:
One of the world's leading digital marketers; owner of Digital Marketer, inc. and host of the Traffic & Conversion Summit.

RUSSELL BRUNSON:
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World renown blogger, NYT bestselling author, recognized as a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 30 by President Obama.

JOHN LEE DUMAS:
Founder & host of the award-winning Entrepreneurs On Fire podcast that helps YOU on your Entrepreneurial journey

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TODD BROWN:
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Legendary OG Internet marketer and creator of the Product Launch Formula and author of The #1 New York Times Bestseller "Launch".

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I.M. legend and co-founder of Marketing Genesis who's been described as the "Michael Jordan of Internet Marketing".

KIM WALSH PHILLIPS:
#1 Direct Response Social Media Marketer in the World. Fueled by faith, love, laughter & lots and lots (and lots) of coffee.

DENNIS YU:
BlitzMetrics CEO, internationally recognized FB Marketer who's spoken in 17 countries, including L2E, Gultaggen and Marketo Summit.

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Has helped 100's of coaches, consultants and entrepreneurs, worldwide, unlock their highest self and scale their businesses online.

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Founder of Purple Leads, marketing, media buying, and growth optimization expert who has driven millions in profit.

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Led large teams and small in paid media, for brands like PepsiCo, Apple, Ministry of Supply and Diff Eyewear.

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Creator of The R.O.I. Method and 6 Pillar Framework, help entrepreneurs scale their businesses and create sustainable business models.

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OG podcasters and internet marketers, who've built a beautiful, and profitable, lifestyle empire that allows them to take off most Fridays!

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ANTHONY MORRISON:
CEO of Morrison Publishing, one of the internet's and television's most well known internet marketing gurus.

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Sales automation/promo-partner goddess - pulled big numbers for Tracy, Ricotti, Filsaime, Morrissey and many more

JORDAN MENARD:
Facebook ads prodigy responsible for campaigns that CRUSH all previous records. Nobody buys media like this guy!

JEREMY BLOSSOM:
Co-Founder of Strikepoint Media, a leading ad agency specializing in driving revenue for businesses with aggressive growth initiatives

TODD HERMAN:
Helped tens of thousands of people achieve their most ambitious goals by becoming more resilient, creative and courageous.

Here's a sneak peak of just a handful of the golden nuggets you'll discover.
- Russell Brunson reveals the #1 biggest challenge he had scaling Clickfunnels and what he did to overcome it [5:35]
- How to instantly outspend your competitors and leave them in the dust WITHOUT creating any new products [12:05]
- The single best funnel you can implement into your business today [21:45]
- The 4 words that took Scott Oldford from a Million dollars in debt to a thriving internet marketing Rockstar in just 6 months [26:50]
- The top 9 processes to create intimacy between you and your reader in an age where attention is so scarce [49:05]
- The fastest, easiest, most inexpensive way to build an online coaching business even if you have never jumped online, have a big budget, or have any tech skills. [1:09:40]
- 3 simple questions to ask your prospects that will have them spewing out your sales copy for you [1:11:01]
- The single biggest mistake internet marketers are making in 2020 from Digital Marketers Ryan Deiss [1:28:10]
- How to tap into the massive millennial market in 2020 (HINT: it's NOT social media.) [1:40:35]
- How is voice search changing the state of internet marketing and how to profit from it going forward [1:44:45]
- The biggest growth hack to scale your business FAST in Q1 2020 and beyond from Roland Frasier [1:54:40]
- Jeff Walker shares a simple 5 minute hack that will increase your open rates. engagement. and bottom line [2:12:55]
- What internet marketing will look like in February of 2021 from Ryan Deiss, Roland Frasier, and Jeff Walker. [2:16:45]
- The best "bang for your buck" platform to market on RIGHT NOW and how to take advantage of it [2:35:05]
- What Facebook is doing behind closed doors that could completely change the way you market on their platform in the next few months [2:41:10]
And much, much more!

You'll Also Get 4 FREE Bonuses:
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Dan Lok - Millionaire Productivity Secrets

Millionaire Productivity Secrets Video Training
The trick to getting more done is to do less.
And to do less, you need to have more control.

You see, most people try to climb the ladder of success by taking on more tasks hustling harder every day and responding to other peoples demands immediately.

In Productivity Secrets, youre going to discover how you can take control of everything happening around you so you can get things done quickly.
When you can get things done quickly, you no longer have to work weekends or evenings (unless you want to!)
You can take a break from your business without feeling youre missing out.
And youre not forced to respond to anyone immediately.

What You Get:
- Productivity Secrets Digital Video Recording
- Productivity Habits: 3 Ways To Operate Like The Wealthy PDF
- Productive Morning Routine PDF
- Daily Success Planner PDF

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Dan Lok - YouTube Secrets Video Training

YouTube is one of the hottest platforms out there and has changed our world. It's changed how we connect, create content, and how we market our products and services.
In Tube Follower Secrets, Dan Lok will show you proven strategies of how he has grown his channel past 2.14M+ subscribers and monetizes his channel.

Doesn't matter if you're just starting or if you have a channel already - in this training, you'll discover how to use strategic content to build a following, create (or scale) a lucrative business, get more qualified prospects and clients, and make a massive impact in people's lives.

What You Get:
- Tube Follower Secrets Digital Video Recording
- Tube Follower Secrets Quickstart Guide
- 101 Tube Content Cheat Sheet PDF

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Dan Lok - Public Speaking Secrets

Many people have a fear of public speaking or are insecure about their ability to grab attention of the audience. This is completely normal, all you need is to learn the art of public speaking.

Whether you're an introvert or extrovert... a young teenager or CEO... experienced or inexperienced, Sifu Dan's public speaking secrets will reduce your fear, skyrocket your confidence, and elevate your life and career success.
You're about to discover not only how to confidently speak in front of a group of people, but how to influence and persuade them. This is the public speaking course delivered by the man who has gone through it all, Dan Lok. Never have that fear of speaking in front of others again after signing up to this public speaking skills training course.

What You Get:
- Public Speaking Secrets Digital Video Recording
- 3 Public Speaking Confidence Hacks PDF Guide
- Dan Lok's 5 Secrets For Delivering Successful Presentations PDF Guide
- 3 Ways To Magnetically Hook Your Audience And Keep Them Listening PDF Guide


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Jamie Atkinson - 28 Days Podcast Profit Lab

At Last! Discover The Real Secret To Launching a Wildly Profitable Podcast in 30 Days
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Here's A Recap Of Everything You'll Get
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- 28 Day Launch Roadmap & Monetization Strategy ($2000 value)
- [40 HOURS] of recorded DAILY Group and Q&A Coaching Calls ($3500 value)
- High Profile Guest Outreach Masterclass ($597 value)
- 12 Month Content Creation Guides & Template ($400 value)
- Ultimate Podcast Intro & Outro Creation ($250 value)
- Podcast Branding Expert Masterclass & Templates ($500 value)
- Podcast Publicity Sheet Template + Guided Setup ($250 value)
- BONUS: 'Podcast Sales Secrets' Sales Process ($2000 value)
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Learn API & Webservices Testing



Learn API & Webservices Testing
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English + .srt | Duration: 46 lectures (44h 4m) | Size: 15.3 GB

Postman, SOAPUI,ReadyAPI & RestAssured with Java, TestNG & BDD with Real Time Application API's
What you'll learn:
You will be able to understand what the Webservices & API's are, and their functionality.
After completing this course you can start working on API & Webservices testing projects
Covered most popular API testing tools like Postman, SOAPUI, Ready API & RestAssured API Automation

Requirements
You should be having basic knowledge on testing concepts.

Description
Webservices/API Testing course is designed to make you an expert in working with Back end Testing.

Nowadays, almost all web applications use web services to communicate or interact with each other. Most modern day web services are built on Representational state transfer (REST) architecture; REST has gained a lot of popularity and it will continue to do the same due to its simplicity in comparison with other technologies.

90%of the IT industry now heading towards this API for automating Services. On course completion You will be familiar with REST API testing using Postman, SOAPUI & RestAssured and can implement Successfully it in your work place or will surely land on High Paying Job.

Topics Covered:

Module1: Basics of API & Web services Testing
Module 2: API Testing using Postman
Module 3: SOAPUI /Ready API (Functional Testing)
Module 4: SwaggerUI
Module 5: API Automation Testing using REST Assured using Java & TestNG
Module 6: Rest Assured Framework using TestNG, Maven,Jenkins, Git & Github
Module 7: API Automation Testing using REST Assured using BDD (Behavior Driven Development) Approach
Who this course is for
Beginners, Fresh graduates,Manual Testers and Automation Test Engineers

Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies



Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English

The history of colonial America is a story of extraordinary scope, with Europeans, Africans, and the native peoples of North America interacting in a drama of settlement and conflict that lasted nearly three centuries. In the midst of it, no one would have predicted that the profoundly different English colonies along the East Coast, separated by religion, politics, economics, and many other factors, would eventually join to form the United States of America.

Yet the seeds for this outcome and the future character of the United States were germinating in developments such as these:

The Mayflower Compact: As the Mayflower lay anchored in Massachusetts Bay in 1620, the Pilgrims drew up an agreement committing themselves to self-government. No other colony in the New World-French, Spanish, or Dutch-asserted such a right.
The Quaker colony: America's core ideals of democracy, fair trade, religious freedom, and social mobility first came together in the 1680s with the founding of William Penn's Quaker colony of Pennsylvania-"the best poor man's country in the world," praised one early visitor.
The Great War for Empire: Also called the French and Indian War, this global clash of empires began in North America with an attack led by the young militia captain George Washington. Lasting from 1754 to 1763, it ended with England and her colonies as the preeminent power on the continent.
Indeed, the events that led from the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 to the Boston Tea Party in 1773, on the eve of the American Revolution, tell us who we are as citizens of the New World, what ideas and traditions shaped us, what our ancestors experienced, and how the United States came to be.

In addition, they tell a larger story of geopolitical rivalries that spread across the globe, as the major European powers competed to build vast empires based on their voyages of discovery and colonization-a struggle that forged the modern nations of Europe, the idea of empire, and the mercantile system of global trade.

Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies tells this epic story in 36 spellbinding lectures by Professor Robert J. Allison of Suffolk University in Boston. An acclaimed teacher, Professor Allison is also an eminent scholar who has served as an advisor to several prestigious museums and historical societies in Massachusetts, including the Commonwealth Museum at the State Archives in Boston.

Building a New World
While concentrating on British North America, Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies also covers developments in the colonial outposts of Spain, France, and the Netherlands. Britain's possessions in the West Indies loom large in this story as well, since the mainland colonies developed primarily to serve the sugar plantations in the Caribbean, which were the source of the most lucrative crop in the New World and the reason for the enormous growth in the slave trade.

You begin by examining the state of Europe, Africa, and the Americas in 1500, when the full extent of the New World was just becoming clear. After investigating Spain's initial dominance in the region, you turn to the earliest English efforts to establish a colony, resulting in the Jamestown settlement-a near-disaster that was saved by the discovery that a breed of tobacco from South America could flourish there.

Then you trace the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth and the society that they and the later-arriving Puritans built in New England. In recounting the ensuing settlement of North America, Professor Allison notes that the British crown had no grand plan for creating a unified political entity. Each colony had its own genesis. For example, South Carolina was founded by English planters from the West Indies, New York was won from the Dutch in a war over international trade, and Georgia was established from a private philanthropic concern for English debtors.

You also look at the settlement of the New World from the point of view of the native peoples, who responded to the colonists with a mixture of cooperation and fierce resistance. And you probe how the importation of African slaves transformed the civilization of the colonies with new traditions, skills, foods, and other aspects of the cultures represented by these unwilling immigrants.

The colonies were often turbulent, dangerous places, and you learn about Indian wars, slave revolts, witch persecutions, rampant piracy, and other upheavals, as well as the gradual cementing of social order and the development of customs that made the colonies distinct-and difficult for the British government to rule.

The course builds toward a discussion of the roots of the rebellion that succeeded in toppling the colonial system-the American Revolution-covering its long gestation and closing with an examination of the meaning of the Declaration of Independence.

Conflict, Hardship, and Adventure
Drawing on a wealth of illustrative material, including period engravings and maps showing the New World as it was known at the time, Professor Allison weaves a captivating story. His gift for conveying complex material in an entertaining and enlightening way has earned him teaching awards at both Suffolk University and the Harvard Extension School.

Professor Allison conducts you through a subject unusually rich with absorbing personal narratives. The very nature of the colonial enterprise ensured that there would be no end of conflict, hardship, and adventure, providing a stage for many heroic and colorful characters. Among the historical figures you learn about are the following:

Captain John Smith: Professor Allison calls Smith "one of the most interesting characters in the history of Great Britain and North America." Smith's alleged rescue by Pocahontas (which may not have happened) almost pales beside his other exploits.
Anne Hutchinson: A brilliant theologian, Hutchinson took on the Puritan establishment of Massachusetts, arguing against its punitive interpretation of scripture. Banished, she moved to Rhode Island where she founded the town of Portsmouth. She later died in an Indian massacre in New Netherland.
Mary Rowlandson: Taken captive by the Wampanoag leader King Philip during his uprising against the Puritan settlers in the 1670s, Rowlandson wrote a remarkable memoir about her ordeal. King Philip's War was the bloodiest conflict per capita in American history.
Olaudah Equiano: Kidnapped as a boy from a West African village in the 1750s, Equiano spent years being sold from owner to owner throughout the New World and England. He eventually bought his freedom and became a powerful advocate for the abolition of slavery.
Benjamin Franklin: This celebrated Founding Father shows up in numerous lectures in the course-dealing with his impoverished upbringing, his youthful clash with Cotton Mather over smallpox inoculation, a famous and misunderstood political cartoon, and his diplomatic genius.
Patrick Henry: Henry was a failure at everything he tried until he bluffed his way into the Virginia legal profession, took on a hopeless case, and achieved renown for his bold argument that the king of England could not veto an act of the Virginia legislature-a startling view that resonated with the public mood.
Thanks to the contributions of these and many other notable inhabitants of the New World, the American colonies became a crucible of social ferment and innovation, testing new ideas about society, religion, agriculture, and economics. Some ideas caught on; others did not. But the resulting change was rapid and profound-not only in the colonies themselves but around the globe. In fundamental ways, the world we know today emerged from the tempestuous and eventful history of colonial America. Deepen your appreciation for this formative era with Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies.

TTC - The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture



TTC - The Greek World: A Study of History and Culture
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Created by: Professor Robert Garland, Ph.D.

The ancient Greeks, more than any other early people or culture, have given us the template for Western civilization. An amazing number of the cultural, civic, and intellectual institutions that we take for granted in today's world were first fleshed out by the Greeks, including phenomenal achievements in the fields of political theory, law, philosophy, science, and art. ancient Greece was the birthplace of drama, as well as democracy.

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