Orrrr we can find the secrets to world domination!
Wow! Now we can go back in time to see how ancient civilizations functioned and how we can learn from them!
Historian: I can't believe we're in Ancient Mesopotamia! There seems to be a ranking system involving a king, a priest, and a farmer, where the king and the priest are on the same level, and the farmer is below that.
Scientist: It seems like these farmers are making up what they're doing as they go, like they invented farming. Maybe I can learn from how they invented a new way of doing things to aid my quest to world domination!
Historian: And this must be Ancient Egypt! Your time machine really works! The Egyptians look like they also have a class system in place, but unlike Mesopotamia, it seems like the priest is below the king, and the farmer is below them both. This is very interesting.
Scientist: Interestingly, these farmers are using the floods from the Nile to fertilize their farmland and improve the farming techniques already set in place by the Mesopotamians. Possibly I can use my old plans for world domination and improve them so they might actually work!
Yeah! Now I have even better plans for world domination!
Okay, maybe you were right about learning from ancient civilizations.