As partial fulfillments of the requirements in araling panlipunan 8 for the 2nd quarter , we are going to post some trivia about the first civilization in asia on facebook. The aim of this project is to disseminate useful information as well as to educate netizens. The criteris of rating is as follows content - 50% creativity-40% netizens impact-10% since this is facebook, no. Of likes matters. However, it is only 10% of the grade meaning, the research and creativity will still the basis in grading READ.LEARN.EXPLORE. HAPPY READING! Ziggurat ☻Ziggurats were ancient towering, stepped structures made of mud brick that appear to have served as temples to the ancient gods of Mesopotamia. Ziggurat bases were square or rectangular. Their walls were sloping. To build a ziggurat, builders stacked squares of diminishing size, like a step pyramid, but unlike a step pyramid there were stairs to climb to the next higher level. With a base of about 50 feet to a side, ziggurats may have been as high as 150 feet. At the top was a small room assumed to be a religious place. Ziggurats may have been conceived of as homes for the ancient gods. Alternate Spellings: ziqqurrat Examples: The best preserved ziggurat is the ziggurat of Elamite king Untash-Napirisha (c. 1340-1300) 40 km from Susa, and devoted to Napirisha. It is now in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. The Tower of Babel may have been the ziggurat of Marduk in Babylon. Source:ancienthistory.about/od/ancientarchitecture/g/Ziggurat.htm
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