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The 14 pages that link to Ziggurat, each with the reason it gives.

• MesopotamiaBroader topic: Ziggurats were prominent religious monuments in the region’s urban centers.

• Art DecoRelated: Stepped profiles became a recognizable motif in Art Deco skyscrapers and ornament.

• Sumerian religionBroader topic: Its elevated form made the temple precinct a defining feature of the sacred city.

• AššurNarrower topic: Aššur’s principal temple complex included a ziggurat dedicated to its namesake god.

• Babylonian religionBroader topic: Babylon’s Etemenanki embodied the monumental setting of its principal cult.

• EriduRelated: Eridu’s temple mound accumulated successive sacred buildings, though its earliest levels predate classic ziggurats.

• EtemenankiNarrower topic: Etemenanki was Babylon’s monumental example of this distinctive temple form.

• Mesopotamian kingshipRelated: These structures made royal temple patronage conspicuous in the cityscape.

• Ziggurat of UrNarrower topic: The Ur monument is one of the best-preserved examples of this Mesopotamian building type.

• Ancient Mesopotamian religionBroader topic: Its elevated temple linked a city’s principal deity with its urban center.

• Tower of BabelRelated: Its form provides a plausible cultural backdrop for the story's tower.

• Chogha ZanbilNarrower topic: Chogha Zanbil’s central monument is one of the best-preserved ziggurats.

• Architecture of MesopotamiaBroader topic: Its successively raised terraces turned mudbrick construction into a conspicuous sacred landmark.

• StairsBroader topic: Its broad stairways made ascent part of the approach to a monumental structure.