In the 3000s BCE.
Ziggurats were first built by the Summerians in 5200 BCE.
Sumerian Ziggurats were built to honor how the gods descended to earth.
The Sumerians built the ziggurats to please and respect their gods.
Babyionians
The Mesopotamians famously built ziggurats.
on raised platforms
They were build about in 1854
for a cities patron god
2600 b.C.
YES
They where built as temples
The ziggurat and the pyramid both had the same basic structure, although the ziggurats were built by the Sumerians and the pyramids were built by the Egyptians.