Colonialism or "the more or less organized system of occupation and exploitation of foreign territories," (Eller p. 241) has sordid modern and prehistoric histories. European colonialism, a 500 year-long undertaking, especially altered the trajectory of our world today. Nevertheless, 15th and 16th century Europeans did not “discover” colonialism, they were just the most cutthroat in their execution. Countless untethered societies were overtaken and manipulated by their colonizers. Colonizers and natives often had conflicting ideas which induced violent and barbaric takeovers and conquests. Native people suffered greatly and lost a lot of their cultural identities. However, colonization is very much a two-faced apparatus. Colonized and conquered
