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Ziggurat
A ziggurat is a massive stepped temple tower built in ancient Mesopotamia and Elam, with a shrine on its summit. Ziggurats were constructed of mud brick, often faced with baked brick, and served as the centre of a city's religious life. The great ziggurat of Ur was built under the Neo-Sumerian Empire, and the Elamite king Untash-Napirisha built the ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil.
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