Question
Austen Henry Layard discovered a tablet that calls Ashurbanipal an "avenger" in reference to his sack of this "great holy city." For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this capital of the Elamites along with Anshan in the Zagros Mountains, which later became the winter capital for the Achaemenids. Hammurabi's code was unearthed in this city.
ANSWER: Susa [or Šušun; or Šušan]
[10e] This civilization’ "king list" reveals that Susa was forced to submit to the leader of Kish, En-me-barage-si. That “king list” was written in this civilization’s cuneiform writing system.
ANSWER: Sumer [or Sumerian civilization]
[10h] Susa became a center of political power when Cambyses II elevated Susa to a capital while reducing the power of this other city. A tomb in this city read, "Grudge me not, therefore, this monument."
ANSWER: Pasargadae (the tomb is that of Cyrus the Great)
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Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Chicago | 11/02/2024 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Harvard | 10/26/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite | 11/02/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UK | 10/26/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 40% | 40% |
Data
| Illinois A | Indiana A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Illinois C | Notre Dame A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois B | Notre Dame B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL | Minnesota | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |