Why should people study colonialism?

colonialism is the practice of one country getting control(usually political) over another county/area by making colonies and using it to economically benefit themself. This is important to learn about because it teaches you how countries interact/have interacted in the past and how their relationships changed over time and how the past might have affected how the counties/groups of people view eachother today

Explanation:

Because colonialism represents one of the most important ways of understanding the roots of contemporary global political and economic processes. ... It seeks to give students the tools both to understand the detailed histories of particular regions.

These are the 3 positive effects of colonialism: European colonialism in Africa brings a positive impact such as : Religious can be used as a spiritual basis for African society, build a school for education of Africans' children, hospital for a better health of Africans' society as well as in economic field, European build a markets!

tenochtitlan (also spelled tenochtitlán), located on an island near the western shore of lake texcoco in central mexico, was the capital city and religious centre of the aztec civilization. the traditional founding date of the city was 1345 ce and it remained the most important aztec centre until its destruction at the hands of the conquering spanish led by hernán cortés in 1521 ce, which led to the final collapse of the aztec empire.