Ziggurat was built in Sumerian-controlled areas from 3000 BC in places where Mesopotamian states such as Ur and Babylon flourished. According to relics left behind by the Sumerians and Akkadian people, the people of that time believed that Ziggurat was the dwelling place of the gods. *The “Tower of Babel” in Genesis 11 depicts Ziggurat in Babylon.
In addition to being a place of worship for the gods believed in by the ancient people, it can also be assumed that they symbolised the king’s power. Due to its divine shape, Ziggurat may have been a place where the gods communicated with the people of the time in some form. One difference with pyramids built in the same period is that ziggurats have no internal structure.
The use of bricks as a material is due to the difficulty of finding rocks and stones for construction in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which led to the development of drying bricks in the sun.
Being high and symmetrical enhances the feeling of sacredness, not only in the temples of ancient civilisations but also in modern religious buildings.