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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. This empire constructed a Processional Way whose gatehouse was made of glazed bricks with images of lions. This empire’s last ruler Nabonidus (10[1])is sometimes (10[1])credited as the first archaeologist for restoring the Ziggurat of Ur. In 539 (10[1])BCE, this empire fell when Belshazzar was defeated by Cyrus the Great, (10[1])who diverted a river near its capital. (-5[1])This empire’s sack of Judah under its ruler Nebuchadnezzar II (“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■

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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Sumukh Murthy (UG)UCSDUCLA C4210
Bolun Thompson (DII)UCLA EClaremont B4410
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