ZIGGIRATS
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								Ziggurats were built around the Stone Age, or during the third millennium B.C. Ziggurats are a form of temple common to the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. People believe that ziggurats were "dwelling places for the Gods."       Ziggurats were built on platforms. There were numerous ziggurats in Iran and Iraq, most of them still remaining today. Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians used the ziggurat as a temple for the god. The temple was painted, probably and indigo color. In the middle of the temple, there were sun-baked bricks.      There are many facts about the ziggurat. The shape of ziggurats was usually a pyramid. The kinds of bricks used for the ziggurat were sun-baked and fired bricks. Many people were needed to build the ziggurat. There were steps to climb to the top of the tower. It is believed that ziggurat is a "temple closer to the heavens." King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon "rebuilt a ziggurat." It had seven levels. "Each story was smaller than the one below it", that is why it is a pyramid. By the tower were hanging gardens. At the top, the priests chanted prayers. In ziggurats there were many workrooms and storerooms. Nebuchadnezzar's ziggurat was known as part of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
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