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    Pyramids and the Ziggurats October 10th 2012 Pyramids and Ziggurats have many similarities and many differences. Pyramids were found in South America and ancient Egypt. At first‚ many believed that pyramids were built as final resting places for the pharaohs buried‚ but as of late‚ the general assumption is that they were a mere tool to get the pharaohs to the heavens where they could be with their gods. Evidence of this is all the perfectly designed shafts that run throughout the pyramids

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    differences) between Ancient Egyptian Pyramids‚ Mesopotamian ziggurats‚ and the pyramids of Pre-Columbian South America. All of them had major significance for their peoples cultures and religious beliefs‚ as well as having historic significance today. The greatest parallel between all of these ancient skyscrapers is that they were made for the upper echelons of these now defunct civilizations. The Egyptians built the most of these cultures. Over 90 royal pyramids were produced between roughly 2500

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    Pyramids and ziggurats both provide archeologists with a great deal of information about the ancient cultures that constructed them. When comparing The Great Pyramids of Egypt with The Ziggurats of Mesopotamia and the Mesoamerican Pyramids‚ the differences between them are more apparent than the similarities that they share. The structures only appear to be similar. Both have the general form of a pyramid. Some other similarities shared by these structures can be interpreted from a religious context

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    Structures During the Neothlithic era‚ many different cultures were beginning to create different yet similar structures for their cities. In England‚ humans built Stonehenge‚ in Egypt‚ humans began to build pyramids‚ and in Mesopotamia‚ Sumerians built ziggurats. All of these structures were used to either worship gods‚ or had some sort of religious belief behind them. In England‚ Stonehenge‚ the most famous megalithic structure‚ was built. It consisted of several large stones‚ the largest weighing

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    Triangles The ziggurats of Mesopotamia were the ‘main events’ in their respective city-states while the pyramids of Egypt were beautiful‚ confined graves. One of these magnificent triangular structures was a place of gathering‚ just as the other was illegal to enter as a civilian. These are the two most symbolic and astounding architectural creations in history‚ at least for their shape. Both the ziggurat and the pyramid were recognized as specific buildings. The Ziggurat was a place of gathering

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    ZIGGURATS Part 2 Religious temples were built on flat platforms‚ growing higher and bigger‚ until eventually the Mesopotamians built stepped temples. Over hundreds of years‚ these temples grew significantly in size. These mud-brick towers were called ziggurats and were being constructed in Sumerian cities by 2000 B.C. The ziggurat was a huge platform‚ often decorated with mosaic or trees‚ with a series of smaller platforms on top. The stepped pyramid had stairs leading to the top‚ the sacred spot

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    The Amazing Ziggurats The topic of my essay is Ziggurats‚ which were towers made out of mud brick‚ which the brick was separated by reeds to help allow the water to drain1. The word Ziggurat originated from Assyrian‚ which means “high” or “raised up”2‚ this describes Ziggurats perfectly because they were normally seven stories high. Ziggurats ‚most of the time‚ had temples at the top that were built as a place of worship. Ziggurats were founded in Mesopotamia and were significant because they

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    building great structures called Ziggurats. A Ziggurat is a pyramidal structure mainly composed of mud bricks. The word “ziggurat” stems from the ancient Akkadian word “ziqqurratum” which was developed from the verb zqaru‚ which translated is ‘to be high’ (The British Museum). The Mesopotamians believed that‚ by building these grand structures‚ they would be building something to bring them closer to the religious realm of heaven and connect that realm to Earth. The Ziggurat served as a temple‚ a shrine

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    Sumerian Ziggurats Were monumental structures created in the antique Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau‚ with the form of a terraced step pyramid of consecutive receding stories or levels. The earliest ziggurats started by the end of the Early Dynastic Period. The latest Mesopotamian ziggurats date from the 6th century BC. The purpose of these structures was for local religions. It was built by

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    stood the great ziggurat. They used the ziggurat to please the gods. Built to please the moon god‚Nanna‚ made to look like the mountains where Nanna lived originally. The 4 tiered ziggurat made of mud bricks‚ was occasionally used for human sacrifice‚ for entertainment for god’s‚ also to ensure spiritual wellness. In 2100 BCE the ancient ziggurat was built. The ziggurat at this time was built and dedicated to the moon god Nanna. Built by the king of Ur‚ this was the first ziggurat built the Sumerians

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