WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -A ziggurat is a rectangular temple or terraced mound built by ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.

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. The ziggurat was always built with a core of mud brick and an exterior covered with baked brick.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -It was about 50 miles south of Baghdad, which sits on the Tigris. The old nation of Babylonia centered on those two cities and those two rivers. In the city of Aqar Quf, north of Babylon and West of Baghdad, a huge clay structure rises 150 feet.