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 with a brutal sack that relocated plunder to Susa. (15[2])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, (*) Nabonidus, (10[1])was defeated by an invasion led by Cyrus the Great. A “captivity” named for this city began after its forces sacked Judah. For 10 points, name this mesopotamian city where Nebuchadnezzar II may have built “Hanging Gardens.” ■END■

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