They where built as temples
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sumer
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 Ziggurats in Iraq that were made by the Sumerians. I believe the town is called Ur, Iraq
Sumerian Ziggurats were built to honor how the gods descended to earth.
Ziggurats were religious structures with a tower that rose in stages and sometimes had a chamber on the top. Some of the terraces were planted with trees so that they resembled mountains. Remnants of these structures still exist around the Iraqi landscape. In the western religion they are noted as "The Tower of Babel."
The Mesopotamians famously built ziggurats.
sumer
Ziggurats came from sumer
ziggurats
Ziggurats were first built by the Summerians in 5200 BCE.
Sumerian ziggurats and Egyptian pyramids are both ancient structures built as religious monuments. However, pyramids were tombs for pharaohs, while ziggurats were temple platforms for offering to gods. Both served as symbols of power and divine connection for their respective civilizations.
Ziggurats came from ancient Mesopotamia; specifically from Sumer
They were popular because Sumerians used them to worship their gods.
What were religious temples in Sumer known as 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 Ziggurats in Iraq that were made by the Sumerians. I believe the town is called Ur, Iraq
Sumerian Ziggurats were built to honor how the gods descended to earth.
Ziggurats were religious structures with a tower that rose in stages and sometimes had a chamber on the top. Some of the terraces were planted with trees so that they resembled mountains. Remnants of these structures still exist around the Iraqi landscape. In the western religion they are noted as "The Tower of Babel."
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