I’m a billionaire that will time travel to the year 1100 CE with a shipping crate. How can I take over the world?
I have recently bought a time machine. It’s capable of sending me as well as a shipping crate full of items back to 1100 CE.
* I have one year to prepare and learn any skills that will help me
* I will travel back to the year 1100, give or take a few decades -I will be arrive in some part of England, no idea of the exact location -My time machine will create an alternate timeline, so I don’t have to worry about affecting the present
* The journey is one way and I am the only person that can go
* I am also able to bring a shipping crate with me that I can fill with whatever might help me
* I have a year to learn anything that might help me.
* the time machine will take care of translation, so I don’t have to worry about learning a new language
* I am a billionaire, so basically any good that can be produced I can bring with me. Money is no object I am only limited by production
* I know that I will not appear in direct view of anyone and will be a days walk away from a village
* I don’t need to bring an actual shipping crate, it’s just the upper limit of goods I can bring with me
* I don’t want to draw any unnecessary attention to myself, so my crate should be disguised as something
* I’m 18 years old and healthy, so I will likely have a lifetime of living before I die
Given all of this, I have three questions
1. what should I bring with me and how can I disguise it?
2. What skills should I learn over the next year of preparation? Assume that I’m spending all day every day learning.
3. What should be my game plan upon arriving. I want to take over the world.
Keep in mind, I am not concerned with advancing humanity, though I am not opposed to it. 130
My primary goal is to amass as much power as possible.
Note: I did some googling and I don’t believe this question has been asked before. If it has I’ll delete. I’ve just seen a ton of questions focused on ‘average joes’ arriving in the past with no prep I am interested in what a person could do if they did have the time and resources to prepare
Edit: the third part of my question is optional and can be as small or as detailed as you like. A commenter has pointed out that this part could be too broad, I am just hesitant to remove it as I do also want some basic strategies to use in the 1100s. I don’t need a detailed description just I guess an explanation on how these skills/goods could be used in the 1100s.
Edit 2: I am not doing this by choice. I have to time travel for whatever reason. Another answer addressed the fact that doing this would not be very fun. So I am adding this edit to remove the discussion on why a billionaire would choose to do something like this 130