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.
Answer. Ziggurats were attempted to be built as high as they could because the Mesopotamia's believed that they could reach the sky, connecting the heavens and earth. The largest Ziggurat was 335 feet tall with a base of 300 feet squared.