WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The best-preserved ziggurat extant is the Ziggurat of Ur. The most famous ziggurat in history is the Tower of Babel – associated with the great ziggurat of Babylon known as Etemenanki – “the foundation of heaven and earth” – made famous from the story in the Bible (Genesis 11:1-9).

Detailed explanation-3: -The people of Ur were Sumerian speakers for much of the city-state’s history, but from 2450 to 2250 BC, Ur-and most of Sumerian Mesopotamia-was dominated by the Semitic-speakers of the Empire of Akkad. The Akkadians worked hard to assimilate the people of the empire to their language, with lasting effect.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ur was one of the world’s first true cities. It was inhabited for thousands of years, from c. 55000 to 300 BCE. From the late Ubaid period to the time of the Achaemenid Persian kings, for five millennia, Ur featured prominently in political, religious, and economic activity on the Mesopotamian floodplain.