The Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel was made by Sumerians. The Sumerians tried to build the tower because they wanted to get closer to the heavens and to God. While they were making the tower they said let us make a name for ourselves. In Genesis, it said that God came down see how the city and the tower were doing. Since they only spoke one language, God then went down and started messing up the Sumerian languages so they would get confused and stop building the tower. Then God scattered the people across the earth.
“In Genesis, the tower was never completed”, but it was repaired by Assyrians and later damaged in a civil war. It was restored by Nebuchadnezzar 2 and was destroyed by the Persian king Xerxes. Afterwards Alexander the great cleared the area to rebuild the tower but died. So the tower was never finished. The tower was 295 feet squares wide with seven platforms. The height of the tower is 108 feet. Archeologist found out that the tower was really used for religious reasons.
The real propose of the Tower for the Sumerians was to satisfy the spirit of man. With the tower it was also for trying to share the same glory as God. Also the tower was made of one thing it was bricks. Also the reason the city was named Babel was that God messed up the language so the people struggled to talk to each other. When the Sumerians built the tower of Babel there was only one way up and which were ramps and staircases. The Sumerians were very proud of them selves for building a tower that would bring them closer to the heavens.
Also there are other great towers in the world just like The Tower of Babel. The last thing is that there are a lot more stories on this great tower.