Why were merchants prevented from from serving in the government in china prior to the song dynasty

Analyze the passage, and name the country that the merchant lives in. a merchant in western europe has just received a huge delivery of spices from the east. he noticed that this delivery had arrived faster than previous deliveries. he knows the change is the result of a new land route. the route starts from his country and goes all the way to china. now the merchant can trade these spices to the rest of europe. based on the passage, the merchant is

Each of the following countries was part of the big four at the paris peace conference except a. russia b. italy c. germany d. britain

Who coined the phrase “go west and grow with the country”?