Packet 4: Tossup 12

A ruler of this city named Kurigalzu I (15[1])strangely inserted Nabu-apla-iddina into a chronology (15[1])so he could call him “an abomination, son of a Hittite.” Shutruk-Nakhunte (“SHOOT-rook NAH-khoon-teh”) ended this city’s Kassite Dynasty (15[3])with a (15[1])brutal sack (15[2])that (15[2])relocated (15[2]-5[1])plunder (15[1])to Susa. (15[5])This city led the coalition that defeated (15[1])Necho (15[1]-5[1])II at the Battle (15[1])of Carchemish. (15[1])The (15[1])Processional Way was located in this city, (15[1])whose final ruler, (15[1])(*) Nabonidus, (10[2])was defeated by an invasion led by Cyrus (10[1])the Great. (10[2])A “captivity” named for this city (10[4])began after (10[2])its forces sacked Judah. (10[1]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this mesopotamian city where Nebuchadnezzar II (10[1])may have built “Hanging Gardens.” (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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