Sargon of Akkad, who founded the first Semitic empire in Asia (3800 B.., was brought up by an irrigator, and was himself a gardener. 李贝.西洋科学史.
In an inscription recording his irrigation work in Sumeria and Akkadia, he begins: When Anu and Bel entrusted me with the rule of Sumer and Akkad----. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.