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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 (-5[1])of glazed bricks (10[1])with images (10[1])of lions. (10[1])This empire’s last ruler Nabonidus is sometimes credited as the first archaeologist for restoring the Ziggurat of Ur. (10[1])In 539 BCE, this empire fell when Belshazzar (10[1])was defeated by Cyrus the Great, (10[1])who (10[1])diverted a river near its capital. This empire’s sack of Judah under its ruler Nebuchadnezzar II (“nebu-kad-nezzar the second”) began a deportation of Jews (10[1])called its namesake “captivity.” For 10 points, name this empire centered around a capital home to the Hanging Gardens. ■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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Pranet Sirkonda (DII)Ohio State C (DII) Miami A (UG) 30-5
Connor McClellan (UG)Miami A (UG) Ohio State C (DII) 3310
Cade Smith (UG)Michigan State A Miami C (DII) 3510
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 3710
Nathan Wodicka (UG)Miami B (UG) Jefferson County Scholars (DII)5510
Sam Hicks-Jirkans (DII)Ohio State B (DII) CWRU A (UG) 6310
Varun Ambalavanan (DII)CWRU C (UG)Michigan A (UG) 6910
Matthew Kelley (DII)Michigan D (UG)Michigan B (UG)7010
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan C West Virginia A (UG) 9110

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY989%0%44%83.38
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%56.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%67%96.33
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY11100%0%36%74.55
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%61.33
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%64.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%80.75
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%33%82.11