WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Recorded dimensions show that it had seven levels and reached a height of nearly 300 feet. It was also 300 feet by 300 feet square at its base. Why did they build them? The ziggurat was a temple to the main god of the city.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sumerian ziggurat The ziggurat was built by King Ur-Nammu, who dedicated it in honour of Nanna/Sîn in approximately the 21st century BC (short chronology) during the Third Dynasty of Ur. The massive step pyramid measured 64 m (210 ft) in length, 45 m (148 ft) in width and over 30 m (98 ft) in height.

Detailed explanation-3: -The largest, at Choghā Zanbīl in Elam (now in southwestern Iran), is 335 feet (102 metres) square and 80 feet (24 metres) high and stands at less than half its estimated original height.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although not the largest ever ziggurat (rectangular stepped pyramid), the largest  surviving ziggurat is the Ziggurat of Ur (now Muqayyar, Iraq) with a base 61 x 45.7 m (200 x 150 ft), built to three storeys and surmounted by a summit temple.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Tower of Babel, or the Ziggurat of Babylon, is described on an ancient Babylonian tablet translated by George Smith. According to this document, the Tower of Babel had seven stages. The lowest tower measured 300 feet square and the whole was 300 feet in height.