Which risk increased significantly with increasingly tall, late-era Ziggurats?

💡 Explanation

Taller Ziggurats were built using layers of mud brick and the increased height created huge weight exerting increased stress on the lower layers, consequently settlement increased because of soil consolidation under the extreme load; therefore ground settlement was risked more, rather than material degradation or corrosion.

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