Which mechanism increased ziggurat structural instability across time?

💡 Explanation

Salt weathering weakens ziggurats because capillary action transports subsurface salts to bricks. Repeated crystallization causes tensive stress exceeding brick strength, therefore accelerating erosion, rather than seismic events or bronze fatigue, which would affect specific ziggurat designs or materials.

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