Look up: Ziggurat

1. ziggurat
   [n] - a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
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2. ziggurat
   In ancient Babylonia and Assyria, a step pyramid of sun-baked brick faced with glazed bricks or tiles on which stood a shrine. The Tower of Babel as described in the Bible may...
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3. Ziggurat
   A rectangular stepped tower using pyramid forms to attain height.
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4. ziggurat
   zikkurat noun a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
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5. ziggurat
   pyramidal, stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia (now in Iraq) from ... [15 related articles]
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6. Ziggurat
   The ziggurat was an ancient Mesopotamian brick-built temple tower. Ziggurats were constructed of rectangular units of diminishing size, generally with a shrine for the god on top. They existed in every major Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian centre.
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7. ziggurat
   ziggurat (zig'oorăt) , form of temple common to the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians. The earliest examples date from the end of the 3d millenium B.C., the latest from the 6th cent. B.C. The ziggurat was a pyramidal structure, built in receding tiers upon a rectangular, oval, or square...
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8. ziggurat
   In ancient Babylonia and Assyria, a step pyramid of sun-baked brick faced with glazed bricks or tiles on which stood a shrine. The Tower of Babel as described in the Bible may have been a ziggurat
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9. Ziggurat
   `Ziggurats` (Akkadian ziqqurat, D-stem of zaqāru "to build on a raised area") were massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels. Notable ziggur...
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