WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ziggurats were built by ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Elamites, Eblaites and Babylonians for local religions. Each ziggurat was part of a temple complex that included other buildings. The precursors of the ziggurat were raised platforms that date from the Ubaid period during the sixth millennium BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ziggurats were places where Mesopotamian gods were worshipped.