Merchants traded over both sea and land in order to become wealthy. The trade benefitted the merchants as well as the rulers of the land.

Farming flourished during feudalism in the Middle Ages because land was a crucial piece of a feudal society.

Merchants

Farmers

Craftsmen

Feudalism

Millers, the richest of the craftsmen, ground the grain that the farmers provided them. Blacksmiths made tools for may workers.

Middle Class

Guilds were an association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to uphold standards of their trade and to protect their economic interests