Question

The daughter of this empire’s last ruler founded the first public museum in history and displayed artifacts from the Kassite people. (-5[1])This empire constructed a Processional (-5[1])Way whose gatehouse was made (-5[1])of glazed bricks (10[1])with images (10[1])of lions. (10[3])This empire’s (-5[1])last (10[1])ruler (10[1])Nabonidus (10[1]-5[2])is sometimes (10[3]-5[1])credited as the (10[1])first (10[1])archaeologist for restoring the Ziggurat of Ur. (10[3]-5[1])In (10[2]-5[1])539 (10[1])BCE, (10[1]-5[2])this empire (-5[1])fell when Belshazzar (10[1])was (-5[1])defeated (10[1])by Cyrus (10[1])the Great, (10[8]-5[1])who (10[1])diverted (10[1]-5[1])a (10[1])river (10[1])near its capital. (10[2]-5[1])This empire’s sack of Judah under its ruler Nebuchadnezzar (10[2])II (10[3]-5[1])(“nebu-kad-nezzar the second”) began (10[3])a deportation of Jews (10[2])called its namesake (10[4])“captivity.” (10[1])For 10 points, (0[1])name this empire centered around a capital home to the Hanging Gardens. (10[3])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: Babylon [or the Babylonian Empire or the Neo-Babylonian Empire or the Second Babylonian Empire; accept Babel or Babylonia or Bābilim or Neo-Babylon; accept the Babylonian captivity] (The first line refers to
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David NickelPurdue CIllinois D20-5
Carson KesslerUW LustUW Pride25-5
Pranet Sirkonda (DII)Ohio State C (DII) Miami A (UG) 30-5
Connor McClellan (UG)Miami A (UG) Ohio State C (DII) 3310
Cade Smith (UG)Michigan State A Miami C (DII) 3510
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 3710
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AMississippi State A3710
Justin ReevesVCULiberty A3710
Jiping FangIllinois ANotre Dame A39-5
William FosterChicago AIllinois C4010
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AWilliam & Mary4110
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell B42-5
Dylan BianchiUW GreedUBC B42-5
Sumukh Murthy (UG)UCSDUCLA C4210
Skand ParvatikarArizona State BUW Wrath4410
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AEmory A44-5
Allen XuGeorgia Tech EAuburn C4410
Bolun Thompson (DII)UCLA EClaremont B4410
Ivan SumaneevUNC CUNC D4710
Luke WilliamsJames Madison BNC State4810
Peter SmithBinghamton ACornell E5510
Nathan Wodicka (UG)Miami B (UG) Jefferson County Scholars (DII)5510
Gannon RiceClemson AFurman55-5
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)NYU B5510
Chris ScheriRIT BSyracuse56-5
Alex WyrickTennessee ASouth Carolina B5610
Alex WyrickTennessee ASouth Carolina B5610
Vivian Fan (DII)Claremont AUCLA D5710
Tai BelkeUBC AUW Gluttony58-5
Simon BursteinVirginiaUNC B5810
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern APurdue B58-5
Alan FanUW EnvyAlberta60-5
Sam Hicks-Jirkans (DII)Ohio State B (DII) CWRU A (UG) 6310
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DSouthern64-5
David ZhangIllinois BWashU B6510
Vikas KothariNorthwestern BNotre Dame B6710
Joshua RafaeilCornell CCornell D6910
Claire ChambersBinghamton BBinghamton C69-5
Varun Ambalavanan (DII)CWRU C (UG)Michigan A (UG) 6910
Rafeed Rahman TurjyaGeorgia AGeorgia Tech B6910
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina ATennessee B6910
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina ATennessee B6910
Jonathan SchneidauLiberty CAppalachian State B6910
Anthony Fangqing Yu (UG)UCLA AClaremont C6910
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham ARutgers A (UG)6910
Matthew Kelley (DII)Michigan D (UG)Michigan B (UG)7010
Brian HoffCornell BCornell A7110
Britton WebsterAlabama AVanderbilt B71-5
Jonathan BostLiberty BAppalachian State A7210
Christopher JosephNotre Dame CIowa B7310
Jacob Cohen (UG)UCLA BUSC76-5
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Princeton A (UG)7610
Landon JettSIUEPurdue A7610
Nicola Illario (DII)Penn A (DII)NYU A (UG)8510
Albert Zeng (DII)Penn B (DII)Maryland A (DII)8510
Spencer AhnU of Rochester BRIT C8610
Pierce DeCainCornell FESF86-5
Malachi LedfordTusculumDuke A8610
Conner YamnitzWashU AIowa A8610
Ethan MaddoxU of Rochester APenn State8710
Akajiugo AmucheaziSouthernGeorgia Tech D8710
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BBard A (UG)8710
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan C West Virginia A (UG) 9110
Ryan ZhangUBC BUW Greed9110
Blake SavageCornell GRIT A9410
Elijah O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton CBinghamton B9410
Diego AlmarazUNC AJames Madison A9410
Sam Millenbach (DII)Rowan A (DII)Lehigh B (DII)9410
Andrew YangColumbia BColumbia J (DII)9510
Riley ShermanESFCornell F980
Kamil SwiatekAlbertaUW Envy11010
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCUCLA B11010
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame AIllinois A11010
Alec WestSyracuseRIT B11110
Euan McCubbinUW ChastityArizona State A11110
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyUBC A11110
Towa Nakano-HarrisUW PrideUW Lust11110
James ZhaoVanderbilt BAlabama A11110
Cohen WiegersEmory AAuburn A11110
Thomas HydornFurmanClemson A11110
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BNorthwestern A11110
Owen McCoyIllinois DPurdue C11110