Ziggurats are made of mud, or clay , of stones that they found out in the area. Usually it was made of hardened sand that the Sumerians made by dipping sand in water and then drying it in the sun. Or they were made by boulders that were found in the wilderness like in canyons or caves.
Sumerian Ziggurats were built to honor how the gods descended to earth.
The Mesopotamians famously built ziggurats.
YES
They where built as temples
Sometimes the platforms and even the sides of ziggurats were covered with trees or bushes, Archaeologists think some were built over the remains of early sculptures. That's what the Ziggurats were decorated with.
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.
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The Mesopotamians famously built ziggurats.
on raised platforms
They were build about in 1854
for a cities patron god
2600 b.C.
YES
In the 3000s BCE.
They where built as temples