White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk (Modern Day Warka), Iraq. 3200 - 300 BCE demonstrated the essential
White Temple and Ziggurat, Uruk (Modern Day Warka), Iraq. 3200 - 300 BCE demonstrated the essential role of the gods in Sumerian Culture religious monument often the centerpiece of the city temple complex is the city with in a city; had a staff of priests and scribes that worked official (religious) and commercial business considered the ‘white temple’ because it was white washed to represent purity built several centuries before the pyramids, so sumerians were building monumental structures before the egyptians not 'for everyone’; only housed priest and maybe some officials. represented everyone but designed only for a few. dedicated to Annu, the sky god -- source link
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