Austen Henry Layard discovered a tablet that calls Ashurbanipal an "avenger" in reference to his sack of this "great holy city." For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this capital of the Elamites along with Anshan in the Zagros Mountains, which later became the winter capital for the Achaemenids. Hammurabi's code was unearthed in this city.
ANSWER: Susa [or Šušun; or Šušan]
[10e] This civilization’ "king list" reveals that Susa was forced to submit to the leader of Kish, En-me-barage-si. That “king list” was written in this civilization’s cuneiform writing system.
ANSWER: Sumer [or Sumerian civilization]
[10h] Susa became a center of political power when Cambyses II elevated Susa to a capital while reducing the power of this other city. A tomb in this city read, "Grudge me not, therefore, this monument."
ANSWER: Pasargadae (the tomb is that of Cyrus the Great)
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