CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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The most important building in a City State was the Ziggurat: ____
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its patron god’s home.
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the richest trader’s home
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the food storage building
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king’s castle
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Built in ancient Mesopotamia, a ziggurat is a type of massive stone structure resembling pyramids and featuring terraced levels. Accessible only by way of the stairways, it traditionally symbolizes a link between the gods and the human kind, although it also served practically as shelter from floods.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most famous ziggurat is, of course, the “tower of Babel” mentioned in the Biblical book Genesis: a description of the Etemenanki of Babylon. According to the Babylonian creation epic Enûma êliš the god Marduk defended the other gods against the diabolical monster Tiamat.
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