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Answer the Following Question Briefly: What is a Ziggurat? Describe It and Give an Example. - History and Civics

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Answer the following question briefly:

What is Ziggurat? Describe it and give an example.

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The Mesopotamian city was divided into three main areas — the sacred area, the walled city on a mound, and an outer town. The sacred area had the main temple called Ziggurat dedicated to the patron God of the city. The temple had multi-stories each smaller than the one below it. The temple area was also the administrative center.

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Chapter 1.4: The River Valley Civilisations: Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Chinese Civilisations - Exercise 5

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Chapter 1.4 The River Valley Civilisations: Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Chinese Civilisations
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