Take the following as truth: The city had a fairly nondescript history until this century, when the construction of the Haifa-Damascus railway and the massive new harbour (finished in 1934) transformed it into the vital trading and communications centre it is today.
Then the following statement: "The construction of the Haifa-Damascus railway and the massive new harbour transformed it into the vital trading and communications centre it is today; before, the city had a farily nondescript history." is true, false, or inconclusive?