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In an elegy from this empire, a woman who dies in childbirth is “cast adrift like a boat in midstream.” The dedicatee of this empire’s Coronation Hymn may be the prince who wakes in terror in its Underworld Vision. This empire’s chancellor evades execution over forged letters from his deceitful nephew, who explodes, in the Story of Aḥiqar. This empire’s year eponyms mark the colophons of royal epics about its living “great kings,” who recorded boasts like “3,000 captives I burned with (10[1])fire.” (10[1])This empire (10[1])is ruled by Onnes’s (“ON-eez’s”) widow, who covets Ara the Fair, marries Ninus, and invades India. (-5[1])In a story (-5[1])from Diodorus, (-5[1])a decadent, crossdressing king of this empire burns himself and his harem. (-5[1])Legendary rulers of this empire include (-5[1])Semiramis (10[1]-5[1])(“suh-MEER-uh-miss”) and (-5[1])Sardanapalus (10[3]-5[3])(“sar-duh-NAP-uh-luss”). For 10 points, (10[1])what empire preserved the Epic of Gilgamesh (-5[1])at its (-5[1])library of (10[1])Ashurbanipal? (10[5])■END■ (10[10]0[1])

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