Ancient Man - The Beginning of Civilizations — Hendrik Willem van Loon

" ...] History on the other hand jumps from "a" to "z" and then back to "f" and next to "m" without any apparent respect for neatness and order. There is a good reason for this. History is not exactly a science. It tells the story of the human race and most people, however much we may try to change their nature, refuse to behave with the regularity and the precision of the tables of multiplication. ...]."