Philadelphiaâs building-related codes regulate the construction industry and set forth the legal responsibilities that come with property ownership.
The ziggurat evolved out of the platform temples of the Ubaid culture (5000 to 3800 BCE). These platforms were intended to raise the shrine of the god closer to heaven. The White Temple at Uruk (about 3150 BCE) appears to be part of an early predecessor of the ziggurat.
Who invented the wheel? While the oldest wheel was found in Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq, linguistic evidence points to the Tripoyle people in modern day Ukraine, as words used to refer to wheels stem from the language of that culture.