Word: ziggurats
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...Mesopotamia the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates, the Chalcolithic people were building the first large city-states -- Uruk, Ur and Eridu Larsa -- in what is now southern Iraq. All grew to be thriving and fiercely competitive commercial centers. City life was centered around a ziggurat, or temple, that served as both a place of worship and a storehouse for surplus food. For the first time people were divided into several distinct social classes according to status and occupation...