The first trenches cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar

[pooja181]

why not b


The first trenches cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally
administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but
independently of the more celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq.
A. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but
B. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously but
C. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously but
D. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence of centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East arising simultaneously but
E. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex
societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously with but

[ceilidh.erickson]

This question is a variation on OG13 #70. It is either mis-transcribed here, or it was plagiarized by whatever source you are using (this is why it's important to always name your sources).

The official question and an explanation can be found here: https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/the ... t7576.html

As the question is written in this post, the issue with B is the idiomatic construction "simultaneously but independently of." Because we can't say "simultaneously of," we need to add "simultaneously WITH but independently of," making E correct.

[theCodeToGMAT]

We need "simultaneously with"; ignore {B}