If you can go back to the ancient time, what will you bring?

It would depend rather on what era one went back to (and whether one could expect to return to one's own time). If I found myself stranded in Roman times, I would show them how to make paper from wood or cloth pulp and how to print using smooth, flat stones (lithography) or using engraved plates (intaglio). Many Romans were literate (not just the upper classes) and I think that those technologies were well within their understanding and capabilities. I don't know why they didn't invent them. I would also introduce them to morse code or semaphore which allows the sending of complex messages very quickly over long distances with flags or a light source. I think they may have already had some kind of signalling but am not sure if they were able to send text messages. That would be of immense use to them in communicating with the far corners of the Empire. So useful, in fact, that I wouldn't be surprised, on returning to my own time, to find that I had changed the course of history and that the whole of Europe and America spoke Latin as their native tongue and worshipped the Roman gods!

um, before you raise the question, i have thought of it a thousand times, when i take a bus, daydream, have nothing to do, wander in shops. i feel excited about it. a cellphone may shock them, but it will soon run out of power. and when the battery is uesless, the king will kill me because of rage. so, some knowledge, i guess. that can help them change, and i will be honored for the contribution.

I love that movie. I would bring a picture of my family -- and just in case, I'd bring my ipod too!!! I'll never know when it may come in handy for me. LOL!

I ould bring with me a digital camer so that I could document all the historical places and the people on that time, sure its going to be a great expereince worth seeing and worth documenting. Thabk you my friend and have a nice day ande take care Happy mylotting!!!!

When you say go back to ancient time, how ancient is ancient? Is it at a time where candles are used to light the night and horses are the main form of transport? Or you referring to the cave man time where fire was not invented and dinosaurs roam the lands? I wouldn't want to go that far. At the most, I would like to go back say a decade or two. That would be sufficient. Reason being, looking back, I did not get to enjoy my childhood enough. I would want to do more than just sit and watch TV all the time. Heh heh... at the prime of my life where I am full of energy, I want to relive those days.

i would bring computers and also introduce electricity to them of course...hehehe!!!!they will know how to chat and all...hehehe!!!

I thought I wouldn't be able to bring anything to the past or take anything back to the future. It would cause a paradox. i guess I have sen the movie Millennium too many times. The two things i would miss are AC and a modern bathroom.

Wow, I just love that movie, but I haven't seen it in a while. I would take pencil and paper to draw out what I see. That way I wouldn't have to worry about battery life and all that. But if you are like the movie, anything that you had that linked you to the future would immediately bring you back to that time when you saw it. So, you would have to make sure that everything you were wearing and what ever you took with you was from that time period - or it wouldn't work in the first place.

Medicine! I would like to stay as healthy as possible and not kick the bucket from a simple fever.

Still before 10 years, I well remember those days..though the around cities were well developed but my mom home town was still developing and need more attention for basic amenities. There were no power supply, no proper drainage system..i thought those days i was in ancient times before 100 years

I'll bring a unlimited bag( if there's no such thing, I'll choose a big bag ). I'll take back antiques as much as possible! Haha, joking, but yes, I'll try to take something back, not foa selling, but as an souvenir~

If i could go back to the ancient time ,i will do a beautiful girl of the ancient time.I think that is very interesting!And i will eat so many delicious food and pull on the ancient time clothes.

hmmmmmmmmm i do not know how to respon it~~!! you know ,if we can go back to the ancient time ,time will chage,i do not know can we surrive in person. but i think i will be clever than ancient people aha~~

I would bring advanced technology and sell it to people for loads and loads of money. I'd claim credit for making them since no one actually made it at that time. I might even distribute money to the poor once I'm rich. :D Having technology that no one else would also be pretty cool. I'd keep some things only for me and show off lol.

The 10 commandments? Some of the scrolls from the Library at Alexandria? Not sure. Who would I want to go see? Now that would be more interesting to me!

Interesting question, I myself asked that countless of time especially when the power was cut off or talking about time machine. Hmm, perhaps I would bring things that I think will be quite useful for me to live in ancient times as well as ancient people may learn some things from it. I've been thinking of bringing some useful medicine and first aid kit, so that, they will have a new outlook on their health and medicine. Also, I might bring as well digital camera or video cam so that I can have pictures and video as a memorable and might use it for documentaries. Wouldn't be cool to have a copy of video or pictures of original appearance of places or trademarks that are now ruin, it was surely nice documentary.

If I could go back in the ancient world, I guess I would go back to the Greek Era, in the time where the standards for beauty and intelligence was made..And if i could bring things with me, I guess that would be medicine and anesthetics...For it was not discovered until 1940s, thus people suffered from great pain during the past. I'd also bring books so that I'll have a guide as to how I should some stuff to make their lives even better, and if given a chance to go back to my present time, the world in which I belong will be better...^^

this is a very interesting question, and only one thing to bring back from the ancient is also interesting. if i have such a chance, i think i will choose to bring back a thing that is extinct, but i do not have very clear mind of which thing now.

well given a chance I probably bring along with me my boyfriend. I dont want to enjoy and grab that chance alone, I'll be happy if im with my special someone enjoying that ride of my life..

I mite bring the fire and the logic. Like Aristoteles :) Sure i wont die in that age, maybe i'll show them the pop music and teach how to dance :D (maybe they burn me). Have Fun!