The ziggurat

Ziggurats were built by the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians for local religions.Every ziggurat was part of a temple complex that included other buildings. The end of the Early Dynastic Period were the earliest ziggurats.The earliest ziggurats date back to the 6th century BCE.Its built upon a rectangular, oval, or square platform.The ziggurat was a pyramid structure with a flat top.They have Sun-baked bricks, making up the core of the ziggurat, and facing of fired bricks on the outside.The facings often were glazed in different colors.The Mesopotamian ziggurats were not used for public worship or ceremonies. They were the dwelling places for the gods. Each of cities has its own patron god. Only priests were allowed on the ziggurat or in the rooms. It was their responsibility to care for the gods and attend to their needs. The priests were very powerful people in Sumerian society.

One of the best standing ziggurats is called Choqa Zanbil, located in western Iran. In Kashan, Iran, the Sialk ziggurat is the oldest ziggurat dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE. The massive ziggurat called Marduk or Etemenanki ,of ancient Babylon society. There is not even much of the base left of this giant structure.yet archeological findings and historical accounts put this tower at seven multicolored tiers, topped with a temple of exquisite proportions. People think it was painted and an indigo color, matching the tops of the tiers. It had three staircases leading to the temple, two of that were thought to have only went up to half the ziggurat's height.