When1: -3000
When2: -2340
What: architect
Where: Ur, Iraq
works\ ziggurat [-3000 to -2340]
Detail: Sumerians built high rising platforms {ziggurat}|, with temples opposite stair tops. Sumerian temples had a narrow cella hall with small side chambers and had shrines, workshops, and storehouses around them. Sumerian buildings used rectangular sun-dried clay-and-straw mud bricks, as well as wood.
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