&gt; &quot;Like the Jews, Chinese, English, Scots and Lebanese, they have come to form an impressive global commercial network.&quot;<p>English people as merchants or commercial folks on an individual level, I haven&#x27;t heard of that. Maybe from Europe the Italians or Greeks to some extent, that&#x27;s true but English people, I don&#x27;t think that his&#x2F;her observation is correct.