White Temple and its Ziggurat
- 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