Ziggurat is located in Iraq, near the capital, Baghdad. It was the landmark of a city in southern Mesopotamia near the confluence of the Tigris and Diyala rivers, 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of the center of Baghdad. It was founded by the Kashin king Kurigalzu I in the fourth century. Ten BC, it was considered the capital of the Kashins and its importance ended after the fall of the Kashin dynasty. The ziggurat contains temples dedicated to the Sumerian gods, as well as the royal palace.
It was settled by the Arameans in the era of the modern Babylonian state, and it is believed that they were the ones who gave the name Aqarquf, and they rebuilt the city again after it was exposed to repeated attacks by the Assyrians. Settlement in it continued until the Arab-Islamic era, where Muslims settled in it from the third century until the eighteenth century, and settlement still exists to an extent. Now that the Abu Ghraib area is close to the site of the Ziggurat, and Iraqi Arab tribes now live there.
