Tagged ziggurat

I love Ancient Sumer. Here is my map of Mesopotamia. I do not condone the use of any structures in this map. This includes copies of similar structures in other maps of mine. I have decided to add Jerusalem and Cairo to areas of the map...because I love the tedium of generating land. (My McEdit won't make new chunks).

The Center of the City has a gigantic ziggurat to Enlil. A large one to Inanna and a tiny one to Ninshuber, Her handmaiden. There is one to Ereshkigal and then a Temple/ziggurat to Inanna again. Across from this is the ziggurat to Enki, lord of the Absu, which is across from the Enlil Ziggurat again to the West.

There is a large Palace, a number of market areas and a huge school/university on another of the hills. Beneath this hill is a temple to Tiamat. The waterfront is extensive. There is a sizable prison. I am especially proud of my Gates of Ishtar (Inanna).

The original idea was a hanging gardens-esque palace, then I thought "Hey, why don't I just build a whole city?" So, I decided to up the scale a bit, but kept the rounded rectangle tiered design. Then I decided to add more depth to the lore of the city, which I have yet to invent, by building it in two distinct styles of architecture: first the 'clean' classical era marble (well, quartz} main structure, in which the hanging gardens inspiration can be seen, then second the 'dirty' medieval era, stone brick castle addition to the walls, built to be more practical and defensive than decorative. I'll also build a landscape around the city after I've finished it. I have managed to do approximately a third of the basic structure so far, with the rest as just an outline. My next update will be when the basic structure of the first tier has been completed. The texture pack used in the screenshot is the John Smith's Legacy pack.