Ziggurat

(noun)

A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. 

Related Terms

  • Sargon the Great
  • Sumerian
  • Cuneiform

Examples of Ziggurat in the following topics:

  • Ur

    • It is famous for the Ziggurat of Ur, a temple whose ruins were discovered in modern day.
    • Advances during this time included the building of temples, like the Ziggurat, better agricultural irrigation, and a code of laws, called the Code of Ur-Nammu, which preceded the Code of Hammurabi by 300 years.
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