So your stuck in the year 100... how do you conquer the world?

[Vesayen]

Time for another island in the sea of time scenario .

The stipulations: You and everyone/everything within 50 feet of you when you read this post find yourself in the year 100, in exactly the same spot your currently sitting at. For convenience you speak whatever is the predominant language of the area-if where your sitting is in solid rock or water, assume its the closest stable place.

Given this grand opportunity you get to live out the dream every person has(at least every apolytonite!) world domination.

How do you conquer the world?

Let's hear your master plan .

[The Emperor Fabulous]

I could not answer this thread without full research into Native American thoughts/customs/ideals.

Which, btw, I should, because I have Native American heritage (Penobscot, to be exact - and I probalby have the spelling of the name wrong, which leads me to think that I should start researching ASAP)

[Zulu Elephant]

Get a boat to Denmark.
Hang out with Nordic shipbuilders.
Sail round past past Iceland, Greenland and down along the coast to South America.
Meet the Atzecs.
Claim I was a god.
Get loads of gold
Sail back to Europe the way I came.
Be a rich person in Europe.
Use my wealth to become a Roman citizen.
Become Roman Emperor.
Conquer the World.

Hows that for a start?

[Zulu Elephant]

Or maybe sail to China and learn about gunpowder.
Sail back to England
Spend loads of years learning how to make guns
Conquer the world

[Lancer]

Our family would build a boat and set sail for the Philippines. There we would watch the waves roll in, go fishing and make and drink rum & beer and screw ruling the world in the year 100. Too early.

[Whoha]

It would simply not be possible to maintain such an empire without modern technology for any period of time(communications stuff, transportation infrastructure,propaganda machines,etc). Such an undertaking would be futile.

[mrmitchell]

Who cares? Where I am, the Spaniards are going to come and obliterate society in another 1,400 years anyways.

Those of you who live in the Old World get a huge advantage on this question.

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by Whoha
It would simply not be possible to maintain such an empire without modern technology for any period of time(communications stuff, transportation infrastructure,propaganda machines,etc). Such an undertaking would be futile.

I'm in a dorm room, I have all the technical information I need between me and the guy across the hall, to build a radio from components of nature.

[Lancer]

mrmitchell, you could try to teach metalurgy and chemistry to the natives. I think we all know enough to get things started. Teach the making of cannons and gunpowder in the year 100 and it might be the new world that invades the old. Particularly if you branch out into sailing and sailmaking.

[Vesayen]

I really think a good portion of apolytonites could build a cannon from scratch, given the proper information.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by Vesayen
I really think a good portion of apolytonites could build a cannon from scratch, given the proper information.

My belief is that most apolytonites know just enough to get themselves killed either by accident or by pissing people off. Except for Lancer, he is seemly taking the mellow way and would therefore live a long time by not trying to do something stupid like taking over the world

[Zulu Elephant]

Originally posted by Vesayen
I really think a good portion of apolytonites could build a cannon from scratch, given the proper information.

Yeah because, as a load of people who spend far too much time playing computer games a posting on the internet, we are JUST the sort of people you would expect to find it easy to branch out into cannon making

[RGBVideo]

Challenge:

Ok smart guy Vesayen: As a typical Apolyton user, would you like to share with us the exact method of refining gunpowder, the material fundamentally required for the use of cannons (without the help of almighty Google, which you can't really use if you're stuck in the year 100)?

EDIT: Just for **** and giggles, I'd also like to hear how Lancer would try to manufacture gunpowder if he'd be following his gut feeling?

[Lancer]

Sulpher, saltpeter and a match. Hell I don't know!

[Lancer]

I think I could figure out distilling, and that's the important bit of my original idea. Don't know how I'd do it without cooling tubing however. Hmm.

In the Phils they do make 'chuba' which is a coconut wine. I guess I'd have to develope a taste for the stuff.