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While we're discussing things sideshow bob was wrong about, actually plenty of ancient cultures could well have considered chief hydrological engineer a calling.
Elaborate gardens or fountains and the complex hydro-engineering they required have been a symbol of power from ancient assyria to las vegas.
Water and it's storage and control seems to have had religious dimensions in both the mayan world and angkor.
Water control, flood control and canals were major imperial projects in china.
It's super believable to me that any of those groups might've considered a dangerous, difficult, educated job with religious or elite association to be a calling.
Also, i dont think anyone would use the c-word to describe cappadocia.
Jesse, what are you talking about?