Which primary structural risk increased due to ziggurat's mud brick construction and rainfall exposure?

💡 Explanation

When rainfall contacts the unprotected mud brick, surface erosion occurs because the water weakens the mud brick's cohesive structure leading to material crumbling, affecting the step tiers. Therefore, structural instability results, rather than other effects which require different geotechntonics or biological infestation.

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