Which risk sharply increased when the Assyrians started using bronze reinforcement bands in ziggurat construction?

💡 Explanation

Accelerated erosion occurs because differential thermal expansion between bronze and the clay brick caused stress concentrations and spalling. This delamination creates pores thereby easing the process of wind erosion, therefore the integrity of ziggurats was at greater rather than lesser at risk.

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