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Detailed explanation-1: -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: -The legendary Tower of Babel has been popularly associated with the ziggurat of the great temple of Marduk in Babylon.

Detailed explanation-3: -The oldest known ziggurat is the Sialk ziggurat in Kashan, Iran, which dates back to the early-3rd millennium BCE. The earliest ziggurats were built as oval, rectangular or square platforms, with stacked squares of diminishing size, and a flat top.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ziggurat at Ur and the temple on its top were built around 2100 B.C.E. by the king Ur-Nammu of the Third Dynasty of Ur for the moon god Nanna, the divine patron of the city state.