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Architecture of Mesopotamia

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Long ago, people built big cities.

Street in Babylon.jpg
Street in Babylon.jpg
They used bricks made of mud. They dried the bricks in the sun. These bricks made houses and tall temples.
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Mesopotamian spirit house 1 REM.JPG
The cities were very special. Do you want to see them?

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Mesopotamian spirit house 1 REM.JPG
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Eridu_temple_7.png
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File:Street in Babylon.jpg
Street in Babylon.jpg
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Reconstructed Babylon -1.jpg
File:Sargon II in his royal chariot, tramping a dead or dying enemy, part of a war scene from Khorsabad, Iraq. The Iraq Museum.jpg
Sargon II in his royal chariot, tramping...
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Ruins from a temple in Naffur.jpg
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