Read the excerpt from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears." After working for nine years peddling dry goods in Virginia, Diab returned to Lebanon where he married Mary Ramah and had two children. Read the excerpt from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears."

After working for nine years peddling dry goods in Virginia, Diab returned to Lebanon where he married Mary Ramah and had two children.

Which statement best describes the text structure of this sentence and explains why it is used?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.