Round 4: Tossup 12

A ruler of this city named Kurigalzu I strangely inserted Nabu-apla-iddina into a chronology 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[1])with a brutal sack that relocated plunder to Susa. This city led the coalition that defeated Necho II at the Battle of Carchemish. The Processional Way was located in this city, whose final ruler, (15[1])(*) Nabonidus, was defeated by an invasion led by Cyrus the Great. A “captivity” named for this city (10[1])began after its forces sacked Judah. For 10 points, name this mesopotamian city where Nebuchadnezzar II may have built “Hanging Gardens.” ■END■ (10[1])

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