European imperialism was motivated by a desire for economic gains in both regions.
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It is commonly described as "the age of Imperialism".
For Europe to rule Asia by force for purposes of gain, and to justify that rule by the pretence that she is civilizing Asia and raising her to a higher level of spiritual life, will be adjudged by history, perhaps, to be the crowning wrong and folly of Imperialism.
Some of the benefits of European imperialism in Africa and Asia is that they created road systems for efficent travel, it introduced the world to new foods, spices and languages, and new species of animals and plants were discovered.
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European nations were the most active in adding colonies, especially in Africa and Asia. Europeans wanted to have control over the natural resources and trade routes. America was still involved with the Industrial Revolution and Manifest Destiny and isolated itself from the practice of Imperialism.
european nations wanted monopoly control of markets and resources.
India had a variety of spices that European countries lacked. Also, at that time, it was a culture of imperialism. Imperialism is the growth of an empire and Europe wanted to expand their empire to Asia and Africa.
In both areas, Europeans were mainly seeking economic gain for markets in their homeland.