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* Zagreb Cathedral, Croatia | * Zagreb Cathedral, Croatia | ||
* Zahir Mosque, Alor Star, Malaysia | * Zahir Mosque, Alor Star, Malaysia | ||
==Ziggurat== | |||
Ziggurats were built by ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Elamites, Eblaites and Babylonians for local religions. Each ziggurat was part of a temple complex that included other buildings. The precursors of the ziggurat were raised platforms that date from the Ubaid period[7] during the sixth millennium BC. The ziggurats began as platforms (usually oval, rectangular or square). The ziggurat was a mastaba-like structure with a flat top. The sun-baked bricks made up the core of the ziggurat with facings of fired bricks on the outside. Each step was slightly smaller than the step below it. The facings were often glazed in different colors and may have had astrological significance. Kings sometimes had their names engraved on these glazed bricks. The number of floors ranged from two to seven.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat Ziggurat wiki]</ref> | |||
* Ziggurat Chogha Zanbil, Khuzestan, Iran 32.009 48.5218 | |||
* Ziggurat Chogha Zanbil, Khuzestan, Iran 32.009 48.5218 | |||
* Ziggurat Choqha Zanbil, Khuzestan, Iran | |||
* Ziggurat Choqha Zanbil, Khuzestan, Iran | |||
* Ziggurat Marduk, Ancient Babylon | |||
* Ziggurat Marduk, Ancient Babylon | |||
* Ziggurat Marduk, Ancient Babylon (Etemenanki) 32.53639 44.42083 | |||
* Ziggurat of Aqar Quf, Baghdad, Iraq | |||
* Ziggurat of Aqar Quf, Baghdad, Iraq | |||
* Ziggurat of Aqar Quf, Baghdad, Iraq 33.353611 44.202222 | |||
* Ziggurat of Aqar Quf, Baghdad, Iraq 33.353611 44.202222 | |||
* Ziggurat of Ur, Nasiriyah, Iraq | |||
* Ziggurat of Ur, Nasiriyah, Iraq | |||
* Ziggurat of Ur, Nasiriyah, Iraq 30.96278 46.10306 | |||
* Ziggurat Sialk, Kashan Iran | |||
* Ziggurat Sialk, Kashan Iran | |||
* Ziggurat Sialk, Kashan Iran 33.96889 51.40472 | |||
* Ziggurat White Temple of Uruk, Sumeria | |||
* Ziggurat White Temple of Uruk, Sumeria | |||
* Ziggurat White Temple of Uruk, Sumeria 31.32222 45.63611 | * Ziggurat White Temple of Uruk, Sumeria 31.32222 45.63611 | ||