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Ziggurat
Also called ziqqurat, ziggurats
A Mesopotamian temple tower: a solid stepped mass of mud brick, cased in baked brick, rising in stages to a shrine on its summit and climbed by stairs or ramps.
Rules that use the word
The ziggurat: a solid mountain in stages. Build the temple tower as a solid stepped mass of brick, each stage set back on the one below, with a shrine on its summit and stairs climbing its principal face.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Ancient World, The Americas.
A feature of Mesopotamian, Art Deco architecture.
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