White Temple Research Paper

White Temple, Uruk (Iraq) – C.3200 BCE, was one of the most important places in Southern Mesopotamia. The arrangement of the Sumerian cities echoed the dominant role of the gods in daily life. According to (Kleiner), the White Temple was built more than five years ago and its city had a population of more than 40,000 people. Moreover, the city was formed with the foremost temples to each kingdom's leading god. The builders of the White Temple did not have the access to the stones therefore, they had to form mud bricks instead. The White Temple was built on a platform or ziggurat. According to (German) a ziggurat is a platform with four sloping sides made up of mud-bricks. In addition, ziggurats were not only a visual pivotal point of a city; it also had a representative scheme known as ‘theocratic political system’ (a theocracy is a type of government where a god is recognized as the ruler, and the state officials operate on the god’s behalf.) As stated in German’s page, the structure of the White Temple was rectangular; 17.5x22.3 meters and its corners are leaning to the cardinal points of the compass. The
White Temple had thee entrances but none was faced the ziggurat ramp. Visitors had to walk around the temple, appreciating the influential view and gain entrée to the ‘bent axis’ (turning at a 90 degree angle to approach the Egyptians temples and
The pyramid of Djoser was the first pyramid that was built in Egypt and was constructed about 4,700 years ago. Djoser was a king of Egypt’s third family. According to (Jarus) the stepped pyramid of Djoser was a mastaba tomb (a flat-roofed structure with sloping sides), 197-foot-high (60 meters) pyramid, with six layers, one built on top of the other. The pyramid was constructed using 11.6 million cubic feet (330,400 cubic meter) of stone and clay. The tunnels underneath the pyramid form a labyrinth about 3.5 miles (5.5 kilometers) long