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Ekur, the ziggurat of Enlil at Nippur, built during the 3rd millenium BCE.
According to Sumerian beliefs, Anu (sky-god, god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, and who dwelt in the highest heavenly regions) had a great-granddaughter named Inanna. In Akkadian, she was called Ishtar. In Northwestern Semitic regions, the cognate of her name is Astarte. In Jewish mythology, she is referred to as Ashtoreth.