A lockable shipping container full of salt that I can open

A printed water/UV proof copy of wikipedia

A solar powered all-terrain electric truck with airless tires, bullet proof tinted glass and camper shell on bed, built from a collaboration of the most accomplished subject matter experts in each related discipline, from around the world, with an unlimited budget.

1. My cat. Because there won’t be anyone to take care of her.

2. A sample of copper water line and a valve - something they can study and reverse engineer to improve their infrastructure. I’ll have to explain the concept of water towers too since I probably won’t be able to actually bring one.

3. A book on the history of the Roman Empire. Maybe they’ll do things a little differently this time.

Am I allowed to warn them about Pompei? They’ve got four years to evacuate that area.

Blåhaj, Blåhaj and Blåhaj. The other three will need to be adopted by my bf

1. That teach yourself Latin book I have but never read

2. My rifle

3. A box of ammo for the rifle

A towel of course. Never forget your towel.

The internet, because I can’t live without the internet anymore.

And a game where I can take another 3 items with me…

It really depends. Either a permanent ink pen + something to write with, praying that I can make a record that will outlive me…

A waterproof kindle (or similar ereader) loaded with an offline copy of wikipedia and a solar charger + usb cable might be right up there.

Probably a good knife. A really good backpack, perhaps? A first aid kit instead?

It is challenging to decide, because here is the thing: if I am put in the middle of nowhere, I am going to be a stranger at the mercy of whoever I happen to meet first, or whoever in power happens to hear of me first. So, chances are I, foreigner who does not speak the local language, would not fare rather well. In this one, self-defense tools, such as the knife, and other camping-useable gear (covers, first aid kits, water filtration systems, etc) would be immensely more useful than other options.

If, instead, I was dropped somewhere near somebody sympathetic, or at least not bound to kill me immediately, I might manage (assuming I survive the environmental shock) to become useful enough to not kill. Here, wikipedia would certainly be useful, and at that point I might make enough to resolve the record-keeping aspect by virtue of getting compensated.

In this later case, besides the kindle + solar charger combo, I would bring my DSLR (and it would be a DSLR and not a Mirrorless, or other such cameras). I have a really neat variable travel lens that should be very damn useful for the military (either for a general or for scouts), and it should work with no batteries for seeing.

If you bring a thing, does that include the things contents? Say if you were to say “My handgun” would that include the bullets inside of it? Where do you draw that line? I have a bag packed full of useful items, if I say that bag, will it be empty when I get there?

• “Science for Dummies” book
• “Latin for Dummies” book
• “Engineering for Dummies” book

I would try to jump-start science way earlier to see what would happen. This would be pre-gold rush and pre-oil, so most of earth’s resources are still present.

Ideally, try to advance science while avoiding global warming this time around.

1. Leatherman Surge v2 multitool. Tools are always useful.
2. The Pocket Ref book by Thomas J. Glover
3. English to Latin Dictionary

1.) Toolbox with simple tools like pliers, hammers, wrenches, prybars. I don’t feel like Id have much use for modern wrenches.

2.) Compound bow. (The quiver and arrows are attatched to the bow) For those who dont know, modern archery is wild. There are bows that will move arrows, with surgical steel blades, over 100 meters a second. Accurately.

3.) A cardboard tube full of blank paper and drawing tools.

A board game, my guitar and a toothbrush.

My sturdiest knife, a big bag of road salt, and a book.

If I get to choose to appear in civilisation, I’ll probably bring a mathematics handbook with the last two millennia of formulae. If unknown where I get dropped, probably a mechanical engineering handbook.

I have a decent chance surviving to civilisation with the knife, I can pay my way with the salt for a bit, and I might pull off advancing industrialisation in spite of slavery.

Phone, power bank, charger

probably downloading all of wikipedia (in latin, greek and english) if I have prep time

and cant forget the classic time machine flier

locating the early churches with the icyths

teaching them a lot of modern stuff

talking with the church fathers would be a dream come true

An axe, a hammer, a chisel.

They would be higher quality than anything in the time period and I would go to a blacksmith and use them to trade for an education in metallurgy. I would help bring as much modern metalwork into the past and move them away from lead in their waterways and the madness that befell Rome.

Solar battery, ebike, and solar panels