what is the ziggurat in mesopotamian civilization
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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).
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Ziggurat, pyramidal stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia (now mainy in Iraq) from approximately 2200 until 500 bce. The ziggurat was always built with a core of mud brick an exterior covered with backed brick.
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