Question

How
did the
earliest cities of Southern Mesopotami
emerge? Throw light on
the construction and
increasing importance of the temple built in those
cities.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Early cities developed in a number of regions, from Mesopotamia to Asia to the Americas. The very first cities were founded in Mesopotamia after the Neolithic Revolution, around 7500 BCE. Mesopotamian cities included Eridu, Uruk, and Ur. Early cities also arose in the Indus Valley and ancient China.

I always find it fascinating how different cultures with virtually no contact with each other (until later on in their history, of course) manage to construct buildings or religious pantheons or social structures with such astonishing similarity to each other. As you mentioned, the similarities between the structure of the Mesopotamian’s ziggurats and the Egyptian’s pyramids is clearly evident, though ultimately the usage of the buildings (as a social center/market/religious site and as a final resting place, respectively) differed quite a bit.