If you were to go back in time 500 years, what 5 things would you take with you, why & who would you show?.?
969889
I would bring:\n\n- An atlas. That way, I could show people what the world really looked like and be hailed as some sort of map bringing savior.\n\n- An automatically recharing watch. This would have kept time in a highly precise manner, which was hard to do back ing the 1500's.\n\n- An encyclopedia set. These are filled with knowledge about things like cars, water purification, treatment of diseses, historic figures, and all sorts of fun stuff.\n\n- A plastic solar powered calculator. pople would be stunned by the awesome calculating powers of my TS Texas instrument 321 of something.\n\n- A crank opperated CD player and a collection of modern music. If a CD player was crank opperated, then it would never run out of power if someone kept charging it by turning the crank. And modern music would be a total shock to the middle ages dudes.\n\nErm, I don't know who I would show it to.
440382
Woud you believe the 5th Century BC!\n\nGreat question!
326572
I'll stick with today vs. 100 years ago.  \n\nThe health and safety differences are huge, and the abilities modern technologies give us make our number possible choices in life MUCH bigger.\n\nI would love to visit the past, but I live here.
156868
I have a box of momentos from years ago.  It's impossible to choose.  My grandma's wedding ring?  My diary from early childhood?  The first rose I was ever given by a boy pressed in a book?  I have been to blessed to say there is only one I could call most.
112120
None, that was a long time ago!
990840
Come back in a few hundred years. Your face will be ready.
878440
Oh crap, now you opened me up to so many wonderful things! I would go sky diving, rock climbing, swimming, bungee jumping, riding motor cycles, flying planes, walk on fire (lol), swim into the deepest parts of the ocean and record things, help people, etc... :-)
605720
Thank you very much for this question!  It is good to think about it because it does help you realize the really important things.\n\nI would visit all my family and friends and spend some time telling them how much I love them, and how much they have influenced me and made my life better.  I would make arrangements for what to do with all my belongings to make sure they were put to good use.  I have a lot of stuffed animals that I bet some children would love to have.  Wow, see that makes me realize that I should give them away even though I will hopefully live more than 7 days!  \n\nI would pray and meditate.  I would visit the Temple and spend a long time there in meditation in the presence of God.\n\nI would probably do a lot of writing.  I would try to leave behind some of my ideas that I think may help other people.
735975
I choose a time period in the future... by at least 1000 years.  So... perhaps 3506.  Why?  Just to see how it all shakes out.  1000 to 1500 years might be enough time for humans to actually overcome human nature and truly advance.
347088
I have always thought about this! I would either go back to like the 20's or go back when my parents were kids! I think like back then was sooo much more peacful! Didn't have all the violence and hate we have today! I would love to see what life was like for my parents when they were growing up!
164528
It was more than 2,500 years ago.
767787
I wouldn't go back in time....I could mess things up!\n\n=)
143977
I would love to see time travel available, but I believe to go back and prevent a part of history would be wrong. It would change the future for everyone. I loved the TV show "Quantum Leap", but I always thought there was something wrong about changing history.
863044
I WOULD say my mp3 player.....but it was stolen!.....i guess i could manage without material things, things like  family are much more important!!!! (well, i THINK i might need, food and water.......MAYBE>>>\n\n=) Nice Question (btw, how do i pronounce your name?)\n\n=)
278001
Assuming that I could go either forwards OR backwards in time...\n\nI'd make it my mission to show the US's Founding Fathers the world they helped develop. I'd also enlighten Newton, Einstein, Kepler, Copernicus, Galileo, and Edison.\n\nThen I'd go back to the era of the Romans and snag me some priceless artifacts to give/sell to museums. And then I'd head to the future to check out the stock market.
631425
Go pick up a history book, you'll see. :3
363949
I think Joan of Arc would be interesting...I'd kinda like to hear from her directly what was going on inside her head.\n\nHelen of Troy, maybe, and Cleopatra.\n\nCould I collect a few and bring them with me, like in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure?  As I think about it, the list grows...