Mesopotamia because farmers learned how to control the water levels so that their not too high or not too low so that crops can still grow and they also made a surplus when this happened. I hope that helped
As in a modern day renaissance man? Or someone we’d consider renaissance during the time period? That could be Michelangelo. There isn’t really a modern renaissance. The whole point of a renaissance is a rebirth, which as far as I know hasn’t happened since then.