ziggurats in English

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(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium bc and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).
Stepped pyramids known as ziggurats survive from the 3rd millennium BC in Mesopotamia.
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1. Uruk was a walled city with an extensive canal system and several monumental temples, called ziggurats.

2. Also to be seen in this region are hundreds of mounds of crumbling adobe-brick constructions, including villages, cities, fortresses and step-tiered ziggurats or temples.