CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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Politicians
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Priests
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Military leaders
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Scribes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sumerians who worked on top of ziggurats were the priestly class. Ziggurats were large temples of mud brick, and atop each ziggurat was where the priests attempted to intercede with the gods on behalf of Sumerians.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the top of the ziggurat was a shrine to the god. The priests would perform sacrifices and other rituals here. They built them high because they wanted the shrine to be as close to the heavens as possible.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sumerians made the first ziggurats this way in 4000 BC–before we had writing, or even the wheel. Nebuchadnezzar built the last great ziggurat in Babylon in 600 BC. Archaeologists locate some twenty ziggurats in the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.