During the ancient times, people believed that Gods lived in the sky and the top of the ziggurat is where Priests could commune with a patron deity on behalf of the people by holding religious ceremonies. Sloping sides and terraces of ziggurats were usually landscaped with trees, plants, and shrubs e.g. The legendary Towel of Babel mentioned in Book of Genesis (Bible) is built as a ziggurat. A temple dedicated to the Moon God Nanna, the patron deity of Ur.Ī ziggurat is a massive structure in the form of a pyramidal tower with a rectangular base, built in successive stages with a number of stories or terraces (usually 2 to 7), outside staircases, and a temple/shrine at the top. Other civilizations that settled in Mesopotamia like the Assyrians, and Babylonians also built these strcutures. The Akkadians from northern Mesopotamia eventually conquered the Sumerians, and carried on the practice of ziggurat construction. The Sumerians, one of the earliest known civilizations from southern Mesopotamia were responsible for their earliest construction. Present day Iraq and Syria is about the approximate site of ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is a Greek word which means “land between two rivers”, being the land surrounded by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It is a religious and architectural structure of major cities in Mesopotamia from around 2500 to 500 BCE. The word itself comes from the Akkadian language which means height or pinnacle. The structure emerged in ancient Mesopotamia for use in religious rituals.” ( ) “A ziggurat is a work of monumental architecture rising in steps to a flat platform and topped by a temple. By Andy Khong Nasiriyah, where Ziggurat of Ur is located
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