destruction of the largest library

[dileepsh]

In A.D. 391. resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria, later

generations lost all but the lliad and Odyssey among Greek epics, most of the poetry of Pindar and Sappho,

and dozens of plays by Aeschylus and Euripides.

(A) resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria,

(B) the destroying of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria resulted and

© because of the result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,

(D) as a result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,

(E) Alexandria's largest library of the ancient world was destroyed, and the result was

 

Pls explain, OA will soon follow

[Chegv]

the answer is D. as a result is more idiomatic.

B is out because of the use the destroying (we need destruction) and the use of "and" in the end of B : we nedd to express a consequence.

C is out because of is wrong (we cannot replace it by caused by)

E is wrong , "and the result was " is not clear. it's more clear if the "result" was before the cause " as a result of ...cause....., consequence"

resulting from is not idiomatic