the only way to truly relate to the ????? ??? ????? and surrounding events is to put yourself in the shoes of someone living at the time that is to say to understand the great physical and spirtual prosperity that existed when the ??? ????? was up and running and to then contrast that with what the reality was afterwards.
as for how to do that; i suggest reading the ???? ??? on ????? ???? as it writes about what i described above.