What's the difference between ancient Babylon and EU?
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Probably a coincidence.
Tower of Babel was the size of a continent
It was a ziggurat so it was closer to the size of a large pyramid.
Either way, scale is not important. It's what it symbolizes.
The focus of the biblical story is the the city of Babel itself. The tower is a symbol of the city’s power. Some scholars believe this tower was a step pyramid or ziggurat, like you say.
We also know in Babylon ziggurats were associated with pagan worship. And Babylon was where people sought to “make a name (shem) for themselves” by building a tower that reached to the heavens, the realm of the gods.
Agreed. It being a ziggurat is a speculation, we have no way of knowing what it was 100% but we don't have to because the meaning is there. I like the ziggurat theory and it fits in the larger scale but yes the focus was the city itself.