"Heck, we can't even identify the proper causal relationship for events happening around us right now. Then how about going N centuries back and trying to reaso

"Heck, we can't even identify the proper causal relationship for events happening around us right now. Then how about going N centuries back and trying to reason about the involved parties and their intents" Part of the reason we do not understand much of today, is that much is done behind closed doors. So historians does have an edge when trying to make sense of an event 80 years ago with (allmost) all relevant documents now open and the people dead, than trying to make sense of an event 5 years ago, with people involved still trying to influence every investigation etc. Going further back in time, especially to a time with no or burned down archives, is harder, agreed.