Ziggurat of Ur

Iraq / Di Qar / an-Nasiriyah /
 temple, place with historical importance, interesting place
The Ziggurat of Ur. Over 4000 years ago, Abraham's people lived here.
Ur was last capital of Sumarian civilization.
The Great Ziggurat was built as a place of worship, dedicated to the moon god Nanna (or Sin), in the Sumerian city of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia (30°57′46″N, 46°06′10″E). The temple which resembles a huge stepped platform was constructed approximately in the 21st century BC by king Ur-Nammu. In Sumerian times it was called Etemennigur. Today, after more than 4000 years, the ziggurat is still well preserved in large
parts as the only major remainder of Ur in present-day southern Iraq. 𒅆𒂍𒉪 ziggurat in Akkadian
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat_of_Ur
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Coordinates:   30°57'45"N   46°6'11"E

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  • Ziggurat /'zIgəræt/, زقورة, in ancient Mesopotamia is a multi-platform tower with stairways going up at the sides and a temple at the top. It is worship for a god who protects the city. Ziggurats use to be build from the fourth millennium B.C. till the sixth century B.C. It constructed by using mud-brick, at the core, and baked bricks, at the sides and the ceilings, which have been used in Iraq till now. It is, worship, building art developed across thousands of years by Mesopotamia’s civilisations. Many of ziggurats ruins founded in modern day Iraq at the areas of Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria civilisations. Ur’s ziggurat is one of the most important ziggurats ruins. Ur’s ziggurat is located to the west of Al-Nasiriyah city, southern of Iraq. It built in the centre of, very important historical area called, Ur. It consists of three platforms with overall height of 70 feet, i.e. seven stories building, while the area of the lower platform is 250 by 150 feet, almost equal to a football playground. That first platform had been restored by the Iraqi directorate of antiquities in the 60’s and 70’s of the last century. Ur’s ziggurat built with a drain system on the sides to carry out the rain water off the ziggurat. King Ur-Nammu, the ruler of Sumer, start builds this ziggurat around 2100 B.C. and completed by his son later. It has been built to be the temple and the home to god Sin, the moon god, how was one of the many gods at that time in the Mesopotamia. Mesopotamians believe that gods live in the mountains, so they come with the thought to build a high place to be a temple and a home for the god who will protect them and their cities, when he or she moved to live in this home. The architectural of these building has been developed with the time to be what we know as ziggurat. Ur’s ziggurat ruins, a massive sold stepped tower at the heart of the Sumerian capital Ur, surrounded by the royal cemetery which contains the royal tombs of the kinks who rule Sumer for generations. Beyond these tombs was Ur the city. It was at the bank of Euphrates at that time, before it changes his course. In addition, Ur was the first place in the Mesopotamia where the monism was appearing and it is the born place of Profit Ibrahim. In conclusion Ur and its ziggurat are in a single place where you can see and feel a complete human being development history. Ur is an example of what we call nowadays city. You can find streets, finance and administrative systems, a written law, an accurate agriculture calendar, etc. It is really a modern city but thousands years ago. Thanks to the ziggurats for its rule in showing us the great clay civilisation of the Mesopotamia in the past, the present and the future. References: 1. The British Museum. (n.d.) Mesopotamia. Retrieved February 9, 2008, from http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk 2. Emil G. Hirsch. (n.d.) Ur. Retrieved February 9, 2008, from http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=40&letter=U&search=ur 3. Wikipedia. (n.d.) Ur. Retrieved February 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur 4. Wikipedia. (n.d.) Ziggurat. Retrieved February 8, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat
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  • what is the dimensions of the 7 terraces of the ziggurat? does anyone know? thanks
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