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. (10[1])This empire’s last ruler (10[1])Nabonidus is sometimes credited as the (10[1])first (10[1])archaeologist for restoring the Ziggurat of Ur. In 539 BCE, (10[1])this empire fell when Belshazzar was defeated by Cyrus the Great, (10[1])who diverted a (10[1])river near its capital. 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 (10[1])“captivity.” For 10 points, name this empire centered around a capital home to the Hanging Gardens. ■END■