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State the salient features of the Ziggurats
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- Ziggurats were pyramid-shaped monuments found in ancient Mesopotamia (modem Iraq).
- One of the most famous Ziggurats of the time is the one in the city of Ur.
- The fortified Sumerian cities had the temples called Ziggurats at its center.
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