CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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Stadiums
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Ziggurats
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Rivers
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Idols
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ziggurat showed that the city was dedicated to that god. At the top of the ziggurat was a shrine to the god. The priests would perform sacrifices and other rituals here.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Archaeological discoveries have shown unequivocally that Ur was a major Sumerian urban center on the Mesopotamian plain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ziggurat itself is the base on which the White Temple is set. Its purpose is to get the temple closer to the heavens, and provide access from the ground to it via steps. The Mesopotamians believed that these pyramid temples connected heaven and earth.