The correct term is Ziggurat. These were built in Mesopotamia. They served as a sort of social center. Atop most of them there would be a shrine. Priests would use the shrines. They could be easily guarded so that non priests couldn't enter. They also included courtyards, storage areas, bathrooms and living areas. They were usually in the center of a city.
It declared the neutral in conflict between France and Great Britain
Otto Von Bismarck worked to united the German States under the German Empire in the late 1800s after wars with Austria and France. He helped to accomplish this by 1871 and to establish the German Empire as the hegemony within the European Continent.