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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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____ = the temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshiped.
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City-States
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Statues
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Churches
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Ziggurats
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Its purpose is to get the temple closer to the heavens, and provide access from the ground to it via steps. The Mesopotamians believed that these pyramid temples connected heaven and earth. In fact, the ziggurat at Babylon was known as Etemenanki, which means “House of the foundation of heaven and earth” in Sumerian.
Detailed explanation-2: -ziggurat, pyramidal stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia (now mainly in Iraq) from approximately 2200 until 500 bce.
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