He was born to the Quraysh tribe. And the Quraysh tribe was essentially in control of Mecca. And Mecca was a very powerful city to control because it was a religious center for the region. This is the Kaaba, which exists today, and is a center of Islamic worship. And at the time, it housed hundreds of idols, which were important to the various tribes and people of Arabia at the time. And so you can imagine, as they did the pilgrimage towards Mecca to worship their idols, it also benefited the economy of Mecca in a significant way. And not only was Muhammad born into this powerful tribe, he was born into one of the most powerful clans within that tribe, and within one of the most powerful houses within that clan.