10 Shocking and Surprising Facts About the Sumerians - Listverse
The Akkadian, Sargon the Great, who came to rule all the city-states of Sumer after crushing their armies around 2334 BC, has a past shrouded in mystery. According to one, he was the hidden child of a high priestess who put him in a basket and deposited him in a river—a story almost directly in line with the story of Moses in the Old Testament.