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