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Round 4: Tossup 12

A ruler of this city named Kurigalzu I (15[1])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 (15[1])brutal sack that relocated plunder to Susa. This city led the coalition that defeated Necho II at the Battle (15[1])of Carchemish. The Processional Way was located in this city, whose final ruler, (*) 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■

ANSWER: Babylon [or the Babylonian Empire or the Neo-Babylonian Empire; accept Babel or Babylonia or Bābilim or Neo-Babylon; accept the Babylonian captivity]
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