Question

In this modern-day country, the gods of Antiochus I of Commagene are depicted in stone heads at a site on Mount Nemrut. In this (10[1])modern-day country, people would climb down into their homes after walking across the rooftops of a (10[2])streetless city. A region (10[1])in this modern-day country contained the city of Hattusa, home to a (10[1])Bronze (10[1])Age civilization that (10[1])mastered ironworking (10[1])and was ruled by Muwatalli II. This country contains Çatalhöyük (“cha-tal-HOO-yuhk”) and a site where Heinrich Schliemann recklessly excavated artifacts he named Priam’s Treasure. For 10 points, what modern-day country contains (10[1])the ruins of Troy and corresponds to the Hittites’ home region of Anatolia? ■END■

ANSWER: Turkey [or Türkiye; accept the Republic of Türkiye or Türkiye Cumhuriyeti]
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Sam KonkelChicago ANorthwestern B5510
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