Calculating line integral : disk

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It is given: $c\in \mathbb C, r>0, z_0\notin \partial K_r(c)$ and $n \in \mathbb Z.$

Claculate $\int_{\partial K_r(c)}^{} \! (z-z_0)^{n} \, dz$.

Can someone give me some hint and tell me how to start?

P.S. $\partial K_r(c)$ is a disk (i.e. circle plus its interior) of radius $r$ centered at $c$.

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For $n \ne -1$ the integral $=0$, since $(z-z_0)^n $ has an antiderivative

A direct calculation with the definition of a line integral shows that for $n = -1$ the integral = $2 \pi i $