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

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
Jiping FangIllinois ANotre Dame A39-5
William FosterChicago AIllinois C4010
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern APurdue B58-5
David ZhangIllinois BWashU B6510
Vikas KothariNorthwestern BNotre Dame B6710
Christopher JosephNotre Dame CIowa B7310
Landon JettSIUEPurdue A7610
Conner YamnitzWashU AIowa A8610
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame AIllinois A11010
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BNorthwestern A11110
Owen McCoyIllinois DPurdue C11110