This city employed the slave-trading Suteans, who inhabited nearby Subum, as couriers. MUL.APIN (“mool-ah-peen”), a series of two texts from this city, contains several (10[1])stellar calendars (10[1])and is one of the earliest compendia (10[1])of astronomical knowledge. (-5[1])It’s not Greek, but the Metonic calendar likely originated in this city (-5[1])during the rule of Samsu-iluna. (10[1])Claiming that no Egyptian was (10[1])allowed to die outside of Egypt, Amunhotep III refused to send a princess (-5[1])to marry this city’s ruler (-5[1])Burna-Buriash (10[2])II, (-5[1])from its (-5[1])Kassite (10[1])Dynasty. (10[10]-5[1])A stele (10[3])from (10[1])this (10[2])city (10[2])that (10[1])depicts (-5[1])a ruler thinking (-5[2])as he (-5[1])receives guidance (-5[1])from (10[1])Shamash (10[7])is (10[1])the (10[1])origin (10[3])of the (10[1])phrase (10[1]-5[1])“an (10[1])eye (10[2])for an (10[1])eye.” (10[27]-5[3])For 10 (-5[1])points, (10[8])name this (10[3])Mesopotamian (10[1])city (10[3])ruled by (10[1])Hammurabi. (10[4])■END■ (10[14]0[4])