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After the flood, platforms constructed in the Mesopotamian cities began to grow and take on religious connotations. Mud brick mounds that had originally been constructed to survive floods became ziggurats adorned with temples of worship, the dwelling places of the gods, and temples were constructed dedicated to whatever god was protecting each individual city. The Atlas of Mesopotamia located over thirty ziggurats and temple mounds in Mesopotamia, including some in Persia. These were massive, demanding civic works projects that drug on for countless decades covering possibly 900 years from the flood until Sumer was destroyed in 2000 BC.
