Question

A collection of documents from this city are the main focus of Wouter Henkelman’s The Other Gods Who Are, which notes how the 26 attestations of Humban (“HOOM-bahn”) are the most of all deities mentioned. Records from this city mention commodities being “poured” before individuals such as the king, the official Karkiš (“KAR-kish”), and the royal woman Irdabama. Parnaka headed the administration at this city, where many kurtaš (“KOOR-tash”) workers were provided with rations recorded in the Fortification (10[1])Tablets. (10[1]-5[1])The Gate of All Nations (10[2])and Hall of a Hundred Columns (10[2]-5[1])were built (10[1])at this (10[1])non-Susa city (10[1])home (10[1])to the Apadana Palace, (10[2]-5[1])whose (-5[1])reliefs (10[1]-5[1])show 23 delegations bringing tribute. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, Darius I (10[3]-5[1])began (10[1])the (10[1])construction (10[3])of what (10[2])city near (10[1])Naqsh-e (10[3])Rustam, (10[1])an Achaemenid (“uh-KEE-men-id”) capital (10[1])whose name means “Persian (10[1])city”? (10[1])■END■ (10[17]0[8])

ANSWER: Persepolis [or Pārsa; accept Takht-e Jamshīd] (Humban appears more times than Ahuramazda in the Fortification Archive.)
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%102.00
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Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%99.00
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UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%30%113.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%13%123.63
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%117.00

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