A ziggurat was a temple or a place of worship.
Great Ziggurat of Ur
Great Ziggurat of Ur
The Ziggurat at Ur is probably the most famous, but the Ziggurat at Teppe Sialk is also rather famous.
Ziggurat temples were structures built in ancient Mesopotamia, particularly in present-day Iraq and Iran. One well-known ziggurat temple is the Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq.
The ziggurat is so powerful that people had to protect it so they built houses around it.
2100b.C.
The Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq, the Great Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil in Iran, and the ziggurat at Teotihuacan in Mexico are examples of ancient stepped pyramid structures known as ziggurats. These were typically used by ancient civilizations as religious temples or platforms for ceremonies and rituals.
The first Ziggurat was make by Nebbacanezer II in about 2000 B.C.
A ziggurat
The Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu and the Great Pyramids of Giza are both ancient structures, but they have key differences. The Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu is a stepped pyramid in Mesopotamia, primarily used for religious purposes and worship. The Great Pyramids of Giza, on the other hand, are massive tombs in Egypt built as burial monuments for pharaohs. Additionally, the Great Pyramids of Giza are larger in scale and more complex in construction compared to the Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu.
There is no single "Ziggurat of Mesopotamia", a Ziggurat is the name for a type of structure built first by the Sumerians, but also by the Elamites, Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians as part of temple complexes dedicated to their local religions. The most famous may be the "Great Ziggurat of Ur" was built by King Ur-Nammu in about the 21st century BC
middle bronze age - 21st Century BC