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ziggurat

massive structure built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid
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ziggurat

Summary

ziggurat ranks in the top 0.76% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,840 views/month, #588 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • ziggurat is in the country of Mesopotamia[2].
  • ziggurat is a type of step pyramid[3].
  • ziggurat's Commons category is recorded as Ziggurats[4].
  • ziggurat's reference URL is recorded as https://www.archterms.com/ziggurat-in-architecture/[5].
  • ziggurat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ziggurats[6].
  • ziggurat's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • ziggurat's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[8].

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Definition and Type

ziggurat is a type of step pyramid[3].

Why It Matters

ziggurat ranks in the top 0.76% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,840 views/month, #588 of 77,819).[1] ziggurat has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] ziggurat is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8m ago · Sebastian2ali · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Reference url → https://www.archterms.com/ziggurat-in-architecture/
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'co', 'cs',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P854]]: https://www.archterms.com/ziggurat-in-architecture/"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Country → Mesopotamia
    Subclass of → step pyramid
    Country → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26858, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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