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What is the name (based on the Assyrian word for “raised up” or “high”) of a structure that was meant to connect the people and the gods?

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The correct answer is ziggurat.
Ziggurat is an Assyrian word which means 'raised up, or 'high,' and it represents the structure that was intended to connect the gods with the people who worship them. They were commonly built in Mesopotamia, which is today's Iraq.
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