<![CDATA[Ziggurat]]>A [temple] of the ancient Sumerians and babylonain, made of terraces connected by ramps and [stairs], roughly in the shape of a [pyramid]

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]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/210189/zigguratRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 07:19:18 GMTWed, 14 Apr 2021 23:20:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Ziggurat on Sat, 06 Nov 2021 21:25:50 GMT]]>a large rectangular structure with several levels of different sizes and steps leading up it, built in ancient times, especially in what is now Iraq, and usually forming part of a temple (= a religious building) :

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/428189https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/428189Sat, 06 Nov 2021 21:25:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ziggurat on Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:34:04 GMT]]>(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).

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