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WORLD HISTORY
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pyramid
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ziggurat
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Ishtar
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battering ram
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The ziggurat was always built with a core of mud brick and an exterior covered with baked brick.
Detailed explanation-2: -Made of mud bricks, each ziggurat was topped with a temple where it was believed the gods slept at night. The huge Etemenanki Ziggurat in Babylon is thought to have been 300ft (90m) tall, twice the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Ziggurat was built as a place of worship, dedicated to the moon god Nanna in the Sumerian city of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia. Today, after more than 4, 000 years, the ziggurat is still well preserved in large parts as the only major remainder of Ur in present-day southern Iraq.