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Godefroy Goossens contradicted a thesis about a late ruler of this polity by pointing out his predecessor’s similar practice of designing building projects using temennu. A ruler from this polity dated the reign of Naram-Sin to 3900 BCE using foundation deposits at a temple site. An expedition under this polity discovered a statue of Sargon in the foundations (-5[1])of a temple at Sippar. Tri-lingual labels appeared next to artifacts in the world’s oldest known museum created by the daughter of this polity’s last ruler. (-5[1])That ruler of this polity, sometimes called the (*) world's first archaeologist, restored the Great (-5[1])Ziggurat of Ur and the Etemenanki in this polity's capital city. (10[1])A (-5[1])lapis lazuli covered structure built under this polity attempted to emulate the style of Sumerian and Akkadian predecessors. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this empire where the Ishtar Gate and a possibly fictional Hanging Gardens were constructed (0[1])under its kings Nabonidus (0[1])and Nebuchadnezzar ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Neo-Babylonian Empire [or Chaldean Empire; or Second Babylonian Empire; prompt on Babylonian Empire or Babylonia; reject “First Babylonian Empire” or “Old Babylonian Empire”]
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