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They earned so much because they were the only ones who sold food and other things the miners needed and they could make the prices as high as they wanted.
Profiteers, but there may be other more specific terms. Profiteering can exist in peacetime as well as war, when greedy merchants see the opportunity to sell necessary goods at exorbitant prices, knowing that their customers have no choice but to pay it. During the American Civil War merchants were licensed to follow the US Army and sell goods. They were called sutlers; some of whom were honest merchants, and others of whom engaged in ruthless profiteering.
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Because it can be sold at high prices with out being whined at.
Merchants are more like dealers (importers) of tea. Shop keepers bought the tea from the merchants, and sold the tea on to the public.
African Merchants.
they sold money
they were sold by merchants!
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Merchants were more successful than miners because the merchants sold goods that the mines needed.
Peasants are engaged in farming, they raise food, and everyone depends upon food, to a much higher degree than they depend on other products that are either made by artisans or sold by merchants, especially in an overpopulated society where the demand for food always tends to exceed the supply.
they were either sold by their king or captured and then sold by various merchants/ traders