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.
(Infrequently, ZOG will be used to describe the state of Israel, generally by hardcore Palestine supporters and Pan-Arabists who seek the elimination of Israel.) According to Wikipedia, the term was coined in 1976 by neo-Nazi Eric Thomson.