Civilization... Rise of Nations... any qualified LEADER can help me on strategy, please...?

Question

My friend has challenged me a MIND-GAME: if we sent a team of human (MALE & FEMALE of course) from our recent time (INFORMATION age) back to the ancient age (STONE age), how many person needed to build the civilization of that time into modern civilization as soon as possible? What skills and specifications needed for that team to achieve that progress as soon as possible?

For example, we perhaps need physicists, engineers, doctors, soldiers... but I haven't finished my grand scheme right now.... How about you all then? How many and what person we needed in this situation if you were the LEADER of the whole team? What would be your best strategy then?

Answer 1

2 people with a basic well-rounded scientific education that are able to WRITE and RECORD their ideas could percievably jump start civilization and put them about 3000 years ahead of the game. So they would need:

1) Good simple writing skills
2) Ability to TEACH
3) Knowledge of the following - Base 10 mathematical system, mathematic formula writing, thermodynamics (engines), aerodynamics, chemistry, anatomy, disease prevention, geometry, economics, government systems, metallurgy, ballistics, agriculture techniques.

4) Just the basics would be enough to lay down the "end result" and a general direction of study. The human mind is an amazing thing, and so long as someone knows that it is "possible", finding the solution to a problem takes considerably less time than research in an unknown direction.

Answer 2

I think that it could be done with as few as 50,000. Doctors, scientists, engineers, teachers, and farmers would all be needed, but most important of all would be merchants. Trade and economics is a large part of the quest for discovery. People invent to create commerce and wealth, and invention leads to knowledge, and so forth.

Answer 3

I would suggest one of the first persons should be a miner to find iron. a blacksmith to forge the iron and a furnace man to make steel. You also need a cook who can feed your group the food they can eat. Oh yea--you need some farmers to grow the stuff.
This is a heady subject you chose. Wish you well.

Answer 4

That's very complex. You'd need atleast 1 million people. To have a fully functioning modern society (in addition to the occupations you already described) you'd need farmers for food, blue coller workers to work in powerplants, waterplants, factories, construction, to be janitors, sanitation workers geez, the list just goes on and on. You'd need pilots for planes, you'd need people to build the planes, people to gas the planes. You see it's just a huge chain. It would definately take ALOT of time to figure this one out.

Answer 5

Just take one person with a fully loaded laptop with all the information necessary to build a new up to date society. and plenty of battery backup.

Answer 6

Also remember to think of the economics. The liberals trash them, but that is the way things get done. Use what is so to get done what is needed.

Answer 7

it's all about evolution soo think at it like this: first you need food and water; then you need a house; then you need something that can bring the water neear your house, than clothes, and go on until you acomplish all you have now. It's all about evolution, and the evolution of our(people) needs.

Answer 8

i havnt played that game in a long time...
i stopped because its addicting and i would last the whole day on the pc...
hmm i think im going to go install it.. again so that maybe i could answer this question correctly in the future...

Answer 9

primairy target..lots of food,the more food,the faster the population will grow,faster population growt results in bigger and faster expansion..

Answer 10

workers,doctors,mechanics,craftsmen,and of course a few politicians to screw it all up.