In a humans view yes In gods view no The earth is hundereds of millions of years old. 5000 years is really just a small fraction of time and history but to us humans who only like around 85 years on average. That's 50 generations.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.