Question

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 (-5[1])Way whose gatehouse was made of glazed bricks with images of lions. This empire’s last ruler Nabonidus (-5[1])is sometimes (10[1])credited as the first archaeologist for restoring the Ziggurat of Ur. In 539 BCE, (-5[1])this empire (-5[1])fell when Belshazzar was defeated by Cyrus the Great, who 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. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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
Carson KesslerUW LustUW Pride25-5
Dylan BianchiUW GreedUBC B42-5
Skand ParvatikarArizona State BUW Wrath4410
Tai BelkeUBC AUW Gluttony58-5
Alan FanUW EnvyAlberta60-5
Ryan ZhangUBC BUW Greed9110
Kamil SwiatekAlbertaUW Envy11010
Euan McCubbinUW ChastityArizona State A11110
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyUBC A11110
Towa Nakano-HarrisUW PrideUW Lust11110

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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