Scottish philosopher who wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776. Argued that money in and of itself did not constitute wealth wealth but merely its marker. He advocated Laissez-faire economic theory. Adam Smith also said that individuals should freely pursue their own economic interests
<span> by the time he was born city was prosperous </span>
<span>- Makkah didn't have agriculture- merchants traded instead </span>
<span>- merchants got a lot of money from trading in general but especially from Yemen </span>
<span>- was a religious center </span>
- merchants came to Makkah because it was conventionally located
<span>-was a desert </span>
<span>-was a center of trade/ was a trading city</span>
