What do you know about sacred temples of Mesopotamia? What were they called?
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Ziggurats are as emblematic ofMesopotamia as the great pyramids are of ancient Egypt. These ancient stepped buildings were created to be home to the patron god or goddess of the city.
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The Sacred Temples: (i) Each city of Mesopotamia had its separate protector God. The people built sacred temples or ziggurats or 'Hill of Heavens' on the artificial high hill in memory of their patron God in the centre of the city. (ii) Every big temple had a huge tower like multi-storeyed building.
Ziggurat, pyramidal stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia (now mainly in Iraq) from approximately 2200 until 500 bce. The ziggurat was always built with a core of mud brick and an exterior covered with baked brick.