What’s it gonna be?

[Captain Happy]

You are heading back in time to 5,000BC. Rice is being cultivated in Asia; writing systems, such as ideographic Vinca script, has just been developed; ideas of metallurgy is starting to emerge, and a brilliant brain somewhere has just discovered how to brew beer.

There are only about 5 to 7 million people in the entire world.

You will appear somewhere in the Mesopotamian area (modern day Iraq, stretching to some parts of Syria, Turkey and Iran).

Once you arrive, you cannot travel back to the present time. You’re stuck for good. You’re goal is to ensure your survival… And with a bit of ambition, to start your own little tribe with the potential to become the greatest civilization the world has ever seen.

Now the juicy part.

You can only bring five things with you:
Two complete knowledge of any modern day technology (imagine the data being implanted in your brain)
Two tools (cannot be bigger or heavier than twice your own body’s size)
One weapon

All your belongings are not perpetual. Meaning if you decide to bring a gun, you will eventually run out of bullets; if you bring a car, you will eventually run out of fuel, and the car will also eventually deteriorate. They key is in finding something you can produce yourself, using the knowledge you have and the natural resources around you.

Think about how you’re going to survive on your own, how you’re going to make a few friends, how you’re going to defend yourself, how you’re going to live long enough to surpass the typical life expectancy of 35 years.

So… What’s it gonna be?

 

[fosing]

knowledge:
the bible, and fill in as one of those biblical characters.
a compendium of DIY book/extensive military handbook with map(survival, medical, explosives and demolitions, etc.)

tools
a camera, for documentation.
a printing machine, for recording purposes and ease on passing my message.

weapon of choice:
a porno mag, to help establish friendly relations.

5000 BC here we go.

 

[Captain Happy]

Totally agree with the knowledge bit, but you would need a source of energy for your camera/dark room equipment. Also without perpetual supply of printing paper, you won't have the means to make more printing paper when you run out.

Maybe you can establish more immediate rapport with the locals with something more "impressive", such as instant fire, from a Zippo.

Then you'd be so popular you might not need that porno mag at all. Hehe.

 

[King Darkness]

I would take Chuck Norris.

 

[CelticPredator]

I rud tak moar wrice.

 

[The Craw]

a couple Double Down sandwiches.

 

[The Entity]

Knowledge:
1) Some book with survivaltips and skills for living in the wild.
2) Complete knowledge of some ancient water or irrigationsystem or something to implement in the smaller settlements and with that gain the peoples friendship and trust.

Tools:
1) binoculars
2) toothbrush


Weapon: Sword

 

[The Ween]

Since I'm a woman, I wouldn't bother taking anything. I'd either be raped and killed outright or be a slave to some man for the rest of my life anyway. Life wasn't good for woman back then.

Maybe I'd just take some cyanide pills with me in case it got too bad.

 

[Kabukiman]

Since I'm a woman, I wouldn't bother taking anything. I'd either be raped and killed outright or be a slave to some man for the rest of my life anyway. Life wasn't good for woman back then.

Maybe I'd just take some cyanide pills with me in case it got too bad.

 

[batfan1991]

my collection lol and use hottoys terminator as my weapon of choice lol

 

[-Super Hans-]

Since I'm a woman, I wouldn't bother taking anything. I'd either be raped and killed outright or be a slave to some man for the rest of my life anyway. Life wasn't good for woman back then.

Maybe I'd just take some cyanide pills with me in case it got too bad.

Dont be so dramatic

 

[DiFabio]

5,000BC, ____ that. Who would want to go back that far?

1.) I can't go back, I'd be bored out of my mind.

2.) The women would be small and disgusting.

3.) I'd probably get killed because of the language barrier.

etc. etc.

Even if I became a god to those people, I'd be a god to those people from that time. It would be like being the master of an ant colony.

 

[fosing]

Since I'm a woman, I wouldn't bother taking anything. I'd either be raped and killed outright or be a slave to some man for the rest of my life anyway. Life wasn't good for woman back then.

Maybe I'd just take some cyanide pills with me in case it got too bad.

uhhhm, goddesses were still predominately prevalent during these times.
i'm sure you can pull off an immaculate conception or virgin birth or something.

 

[The Ween]

Dont be so dramatic

Just because they would make you a King or something doesn't mean we'd all be treated nice.