Uses litarary stile and techniques
So the well known writer gets credit for what he or she has written
Your answer is going to be B I'm really good at English
Nishapur occupies an important strategic position astride The old silk road that link Anatolia and the Mediterranean Sea with China...
The city was destroyed by Mongols in 1221, after the husband of Genghis Khans daughter was killed at Nishapur
The subordinate clause here is A, "as the layers of ash slowly compressed". Subordinate means that it cannot exist on its own, it has to be a part of the main, independent clause.