It rejects religion playing a part in Venice's government
The sentence expresses a secularist sentiment by advocating for governance based solely on commercial expertise rather than religious authority. It implies that political leadership should be rooted in practical, economic knowledge rather than religious doctrine, reflecting a preference for a separation between church and state. By prioritizing the interests of merchants over clergy, it promotes a civic framework that values secular, rather than religious, influences in governance.
Members of the gentry included Confucian scholars, government officials, landlords, and rich merchants.
PPolms were the merchants of the Mayan society
Merchants is the plural form of merchant.The possessive form of merchants is merchants'.
Merchants
What the Romans are famous for is the building of paved roads. What you mean by the Romans being civilised about roads is difficult to understand.
The Emperor.
Merchants sell their products in stores and online.The government often controls what products that merchants can sell.When merchants cannot sell an item, they put it on sale.
Merchants in Europe. Obviously.
Merchants
the merchants are the plebeians
Merchants were in middle class.