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What is the purpose of the ziggurat?
The ancient Sumerians built the ziggurats as temples that were dedicated to the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses.
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What was a ziggurat?
a place dedicated to a specific god. i am almost positive that they are places that the sumerians used to track the movement of the moon and stars.
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Was the ziggurat of ur the first ziggurat?
The Ziggurat of Ur is the first proper Ziggurat for which we have any evidence. However, There are raised pyramidal structures that preceded it like Tepe Sialk in Persia, but …these are not proper ziggurats. See the link below to learn more about Tepe Sialk. (MORE)
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What is the oldest Ziggurat?
The oldest Ziggurat is the Sialk ziggurat, of the Tepe Sialk archeological site. It is located in northwestern Iran, and dates to 5000 BC.
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Where are ziggurats?
ziggurats were built when Sumerians were alive. They lived in Mesopotamia and that is where they were built. Today where Sumer was is modern day Iraq. There all still some zig…urats in Iraq that were made by the Sumerians. I believe the town is called Ur, Iraq (MORE)
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What are the features of a ziggurat?
Nothing but a bunch of stupid rocks formed in bricks. Why is it even important.
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What is the tallest ziggurat?
The Tower of Babel, also going by Etemanenki, is the tallest ziggurat ever to stand on this world.
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What were ziggurats used as?
ziggurats were used as houses, kingdoms, places for the kings, queens, and even the Pharaohs
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Where was the ziggurats located?
Ziggurats were located outside Mesoptamia. At lest that a what I got from Social Studies.
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What did they do in a ziggurat?
It was a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple, it was part of the religious architecture found in Mesopotamia after 2000 BC