Return of Imperialist Occupati

            Imperialism is defined as, the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political influence over other nations. Imperialism was reborn in the West with the emergence of the modern nation-state and the age of exploration and discovery. The term imperialism is quite often restricted to this modern type of empire building.
             Colonies were not only established in less inhabited places where there were few or no unified native states like North America and Africa, but also in lands where ancient civilizations and states existed like India, Malaya, Indonesia, and the Inca lands of South America. The emigration of European settlers to the Western Hemisphere and Africa was known as colonization. As the Europeans came so did their attitude of assumed superiority. The Europeans merely took over control without large-scale settlements.
             From the 15th to the 17th cent, the Portuguese and the Dutch built "trading empires" in Africa and the East for the exploitation of the resources. Then Spanish and Portuguese established important colonies in the New World hoping to exploit the mineral wealth of the lands they conquered. The British and French imperialists became the foremost of colonial settlement in Africa and the East. The European nations in the 18th cent, attempted to regulate the trade of their colonies in the interests of the mother country. Later, the increase of manufactures in the Industrial Revolution introduced a new form of imperialism, as industrial nations scrambled both for markets and for raw materials.
             In the late 19th cent, Italy, Germany, and Japan also developed imperial ambitions. These nations, like the older colonial powers, were moved by a variety of aims, including commercial penetration, military glory, and diplomatic advantage. At the end of the 19th cent, there was a strong reaction against the most inhumane forms of imperialist exploitation.