A temple tower of the Babylonians or Assyrians, consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure, built in successive stages, with outside staircases, and a shrine at the top; -- called also zikkurat.
A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians in the form of a terraced pyramid.
a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
a multi-storey platform with a temple on the summit
an Assyrian temple in the form of a pyramid
a terraced pyramid with each story smaller than the one below it
a tower made by man to prove that they are powerfull, like gods(in some cases more powerfull then gods) and often put fear into the peasents and enemies
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a terraced pyramid with outside staircase and a shrine on top.
(from Akkadian ziqquratu, "pinnacle, mountain top") Of Sumerian origin, a Mesopotamian pyramidal staged-temple tower of which the tower of Babel was one. Chapter 1.
A stepped pyramid, as in the sacred architecture of Western Asia in antiquity.
A ziggurat (Babylonian ziqqurrat, D-Stem of zaqÄru "to build on a raised area") is a temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley and Iran, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.