• White Temple and its Ziggurat
  • c. 3500 to 3000 B.C.E
  • Mud brick
  • Uruk, Sumerian (modern Warka, Iraq)

White Temple and its Ziggurat

  • Ziggurat elevated to be closer to the gods
  • Temple rested on top of Ziggurat
  • Dedicated to two gods with two seperate temples
    • Anu (sky god)
    • Inanna (goddess of love and war)
  • Temple inside
    • Altar - offerings to god
    • Cella - room where sacrifices were made before the god
    • Hierarchal layout in that worship was mainly done outside