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It would indeed be amazing to see in real life. Especially what people are doing on the street and in their homes, the kind of food they eat, etc. But the reality is I'd probably be pretty low in the social hierarchy.
I'd just go back in time with my knowledge of the stock market and make it big. Oxen are gonna explode in value in around 2300 BC. And stay out of the goat market... it's a trap.
Me, I'd travel to Babylonia (passing through enemy territory) and find the copper merchant Ea-Nasir. Then I'd punch him in the nose and say "Nanni says what's up!" Then (and this is crucial) I'd get scribes to write out the whole thing on multiple clay tablets, emphasizing my deeds and exploits, and make sure those clay tablets are distributed throughout the known world.
I'd write The Iliad and The Odyssey and include a few musical numbers featuring Imagine, Purple Rain and Benny & The Jets.
Dude! Dude! Dude! Check this out.... I'd go to Stonehenge. Like the real Stonehenge in England, you know? And I'd write the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven.... but I'd hide it just enough so they wouldn't find it till 2026... when the world needed it the most...