From an islamic perspective how much knowedge of History is relevant?

The modern day comes with alot of institutions and ideologies. The institutions of archeology and orientalism (study of the east) and Scientism. 

many ideologies and instaituions came out of the colonial period. The German/European scholorship headed the white scholarhip spearheaded taxonomy, hierarchy and superiority. This played into the nationalist agenda.

The islamic nations never really had the paradigm and its reality contextualised within these narratives. 

Readings on ancient, medieval history alot of the time served as purpose for Nationalism, racial prejudice and the colonial project.