After man's fall, Cain's murder of his brother, Abel, was the first such incident to be recorded in the Bible, and this is the reason why history has been the history of conflict and war regardless of East or West. Although the scope of the struggle varied from that among individuals, families and societies, to nations and groups of nations, ultimately these conflicts have all been the conflicts of good and evil, God's side and Satan's side, as the chief protagonists behind the scenes of history.