1001 Space Earth Nature History First Civilisations Ancient Egypt Biblical Times Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Chinese, Japanese Civilisations Indian Civilisation African Civilisation The Early Americas The Rise of Islam The Middle Ages The Renaissance Civil War and Revolution The Industrial Revolution Two World Wars 20th-century Achievements Human World Science and Technology	What were ziggurats? Ziggurats were high towers made of brick. They were built from about 2100 B.C. in Mesopotamia as temples. The shape of a ziggurat was a series of progressively smaller, rectangular terraces, with a shrine at the top. A ziggurat   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: History Chapter: First Civilisations