A house for the god.
The purpose was that he built the temple in Jerusalem to house the Thorah and to serve as a place of worship.
No one knows
it is were all the Greek gods lived
Ezra was to rebuild the destroyed temple.
The temple was a tomb and ritual center. It may have had astronomical purposes, too.
Believe it or not, the Temple of Athena was made as a place of worship and tribute to the Greek Goddess Athena.
When Samuel was a boy, Eli was a priest in the temple.
-Trade -Worship -Exchange of ideas and culture
The pyramids were used as a temple for the Pharaohs to pass into the after life.
Worship of Zeus, including sacrifices.
The Parthenon temple.
The purpose of the Babylonians rule was mainly as a punishment for not listening to the warning sent by the prophet Jeremiah to repent and throw away the idols and to fear god. The babylonians took them captive and destroyed the temple and looted the temple vessels.