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Ziggurats were huge "stepped" structures with, on their summit, far above the ground, a temple. This Temple would have been to the city god. The city ziggurat would easily be the most conspicuous building in the city, towering above any visitors coming to their city. Therefore the ziggurat was not just a religious center but also a center of civic pride. Any visitor could not but see the ziggurat. The ziggurats were built on an immense scale: in the time of Hammurapi they would sometimes reach the height of 150 feet. Around the base there might be more temples or in some case accommodation for priests. Some of the earliest proper ziggurats were built by Ur-Nammu (2112-2095), a late Sumerian king of Ur. These were with three "steps" but later Ziggurats had as many as seven "steps".
Similar structures to ziggurats have been discovered at the other side of the world, in Central America. The Aztecs and other people inhabiting the area built huge "stepped" structures for worshipping their gods. These however were some 3000 years after the early Mesopotamian ziggurats.
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∙ 13y agothe function for any ziggurat really is for religion such as to pray or praise the gods, storage for weapons, and government such as to record keep
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King nebuchadnezzar built this for his wife in Babylon to remind her of her homeland?
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. It is called "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon''.
Where were Nebuchadnezzar famous terraces gardens built?
In Babylon
What Nebuchadnezzar's famous terraced gardens built?
Babylon
When was the hanging gardens of Babylon built .In ADor BC?
BC.
What do ziggurat and the hanging Gardens of Babylon in common?
they were both built on earth
Describe the city of Babylon under the chaldeans?
Babylon, under the Chaldeans, had a king,Hammerabi,built ziggurats, and had a powerful army
When were the first ziggurats built?
Ziggurats were first built by the Summerians in 5200 BCE.
What were Sumerian Ziggurats built to honor?
Sumerian Ziggurats were built to honor how the gods descended to earth.
Is ziggurats important?
The Sumerians built the ziggurats to please and respect their gods.
Who built ziggurats?
Babyionians
Where is ziggurat located?
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
What did Mesopotamians build?
The Mesopotamians famously built ziggurats.
Where were ziggurats built?
on raised platforms
When ziggurats built?
They were build about in 1854
What time were ziggurats built?
In the 3000s BCE.
Why were the Ziggurats built?
for a cities patron god
Were ziggurats built before pyramids?
YES
