{"id":20633,"date":"2021-05-30T00:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T05:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=20633"},"modified":"2021-05-30T00:21:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T05:21:38","slug":"mansa-musa-according-to-his-contemporaries-who-simply-could-not-fathom-his-wealth-this-african-king-was-the-richest-man-in-the-world-ever-his-wealth-greatly-surpassing-anyone-today-mansa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=20633","title":{"rendered":"Mansa Musa \u2014 According to his contemporaries, who simply could not fathom his wealth, this African king was the richest man in the world ever. His wealth greatly surpassing anyone today. Mansa Musa is one of the richest man to ever live with a net worth of $100 zillion plus U.S Dollars, just simply indescribable, endless ROBUST wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\">The 10 richest men of all time<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><strong>Mansa Musa (1280-1337, king of the Mali empire) wealth indescribable<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao css-bfa6kz r-m0bqgq r-18u37iz r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@Mansa__Musa__<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc\" data-md=\"61\">\n<div class=\"LGOjhe\" role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAoQAA\"><strong><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Mansa Musa inherited a kingdom that was already wealthy, but his work in expanding trade made Mali the wealthiest kingdom in Africa. His riches came from mining significant salt and gold deposits in the Mali kingdom.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kX21rb\">Apr 14, 2020<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20639\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MMUSA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><strong>Augustus Caesar (63 BC-14 AD, Roman emperor) $4.6tn (\u00a33.5tn)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zhao Xu (1048-1085, emperor Shenzong of Song in China) wealth incalculable<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Akbar I (1542-1605, emperor of India&#8217;s Mughal dynasty) wealth incalculable<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919, Scottish-American industrialist) $372bn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>John D Rockefeller (1839-1937) American business magnate) $341bn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov (1868-1918, Tsar of Russia) $300bn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mir Osman Ali Khan ( 1886-1967, Indian royal) $230bn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>William The Conqueror (1028-1087) $229.5bn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011, long-time ruler of Libya) $200bn<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\">The Golden King<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20640\" src=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MANSA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MANSA.jpg 225w, https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MANSA-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>Mansa Musa was born in 1280 into a family of rulers. His brother, Mansa Abu-Bakr, ruled the empire until 1312, when he abdicated to go on an expedition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>According to 14th Century Syrian historian Shibab al-Umari, Abu-Bakr was obsessed with the Atlantic Ocean and what lay beyond it. He reportedly embarked on an expedition with a fleet of 2,000 ships and thousands of men, women and slaves. They sailed off, never to return.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>Some, like the late American historian Ivan Van Sertima, entertain the idea that they reached South America. But there is no evidence of this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>In any case, Mansa Musa inherited the kingdom he left behind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>Under his rule, the kingdom of Mali grew significantly. He annexed 24 cities, including Timbuktu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>The kingdom stretched for about 2,000 miles, from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to modern-day Niger, taking in parts of what are now Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Ivory Coast. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1pvhdts-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><strong><span class=\"ssrcss-hnzntx-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/11156\/production\/_105947996_mali_empire_map_640-nc.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/11156\/production\/_105947996_mali_empire_map_640-nc.png 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/11156\/production\/_105947996_mali_empire_map_640-nc.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/11156\/production\/_105947996_mali_empire_map_640-nc.png 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/11156\/production\/_105947996_mali_empire_map_640-nc.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/11156\/production\/_105947996_mali_empire_map_640-nc.png 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/11156\/production\/_105947996_mali_empire_map_640-nc.png 976w\" alt=\"Map of Mali empire\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>With such a large land mass came great resources such as gold and salt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>During the reign of Mansa Musa, the empire of Mali accounted for almost half of the Old World&#8217;s gold, according to the British Museum. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>And all of it belonged to the king.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;As the ruler, Mansa Musa had almost unlimited access to the most highly valued source of wealth in the medieval world,&#8221; Kathleen Bickford Berzock, who specializes in African art at the Block Museum of Art at the Northwestern University, told the BBC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Major trading centres that traded in gold and other goods were also in his territory, and he garnered wealth from this trade,&#8221; she added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\"><strong>The journey to Mecca<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>Though the empire of Mali was home to so much gold, the kingdom itself was not well known.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>This changed when Mansa Musa, a devout Muslim, decided to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, passing through the Sahara Desert and Egypt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1pvhdts-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><strong><span class=\"ssrcss-1lmai4u-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/11D28\/production\/_105900037_gettyimages-96776490.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/11D28\/production\/_105900037_gettyimages-96776490.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/11D28\/production\/_105900037_gettyimages-96776490.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/11D28\/production\/_105900037_gettyimages-96776490.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/11D28\/production\/_105900037_gettyimages-96776490.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/11D28\/production\/_105900037_gettyimages-96776490.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/11D28\/production\/_105900037_gettyimages-96776490.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Catalan atlas map\" width=\"976\" height=\"680\" \/><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image copyright<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/strong><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><strong><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>The trip to Mecca helped put Mali and Mansa Musa on the map &#8211; a photocopy of the Catalan Atlas map from 1375<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1pvhdts-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><strong><span class=\"ssrcss-1rix78v-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 976w\" alt=\"Presentational white space\" width=\"624\" height=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>The king reportedly left Mali with a caravan of 60,000 men.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>He took his entire royal court and officials, soldiers, griots (entertainers), merchants, camel drivers and 12,000 slaves, as well as a long train of goats and sheep for food.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>It was a city moving through the desert.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>A city whose inhabitants, all the way down to the slaves, were clad in gold brocade and finest Persian silk. A hundred camels were in tow, each camel carrying hundreds of pounds of pure gold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>It was a sight to behold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>And the sight got even more opulent once the caravan reached Cairo, where they could really show off their wealth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\"><strong>The Cairo gold crash<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>Mansa Musa left such a memorable impression on Cairo that al-Umari, who visited the city 12 years after the Malian king, recounted how highly the people of Cairo were speaking of him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>So lavishly did he hand out gold in Cairo that his three-month stay caused the price of gold to plummet in the region for 10 years, wrecking the economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>US-based technology company SmartAsset.com estimates that due to the depreciation of gold, Mansa Musa&#8217;s pilgrimage led to about $1.5bn (\u00a31.1bn) of economic losses across the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>On his way back home, Mansa Musa passed through Egypt again, and according to some, tried to help the country&#8217;s economy by removing some of the gold from circulation by borrowing it back at extortionate interest rates from Egyptian lenders. Others say he spent so much that he ran out of gold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>Lucy Duran of the School of African and Oriental Studies in London notes that Malian griots, who are singing historian storytellers, in particular, were upset with him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;He gave out so much Malian gold along the way that jelis [griots] don&#8217;t like to praise him in their songs because they think he wasted local resources outside the empire,&#8221; she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\"><strong>Education at heart<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>There is no doubt that Mansa Musa spent, or wasted, a lot of gold during his pilgrimage. But it was this excessive generosity that also caught the eyes of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>Mansa Musa had put Mali and himself on the map, quite literally. In a Catalan Atlas map from 1375, a drawing of an African king sits on a golden throne atop Timbuktu, holding a piece of gold in his hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>Timbuktu became an African El Dorado and people came from near and far to have a glimpse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>In the 19th Century, it still had a mythical status as a lost city of gold at the edge of the world, a beacon for both European fortune hunters and explorers, and this was largely down to the exploits of Mansa Musa 500 years earlier.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1pvhdts-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1pvhdts-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-fja579-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/07BB\/production\/_105897910_gettyimages-492754391.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/07BB\/production\/_105897910_gettyimages-492754391.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/07BB\/production\/_105897910_gettyimages-492754391.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/07BB\/production\/_105897910_gettyimages-492754391.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/07BB\/production\/_105897910_gettyimages-492754391.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/07BB\/production\/_105897910_gettyimages-492754391.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/07BB\/production\/_105897910_gettyimages-492754391.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Djinguereber Mosque\" width=\"976\" height=\"1400\" \/><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><strong>Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span class=\"ssrcss-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><strong><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1pvhdts-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><strong><span class=\"ssrcss-1rix78v-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/604B\/production\/_97415642_007_in_numbers_624.png 480w, 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class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>The king reportedly paid the poet 200 kg (440lb) in gold, which in today&#8217;s money would be $8.2m (\u00a36.3m).<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>In addition to encouraging the arts and architecture, he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a centre of education and people travelled from around the world to study at what would become the Sankore University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>The rich king is often credited with starting the tradition of education in West Africa, although the story of his empire largely remains little known outside West Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;History is written by victors,&#8221; according to Britain&#8217;s World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>After Mansa Musa died in 1337, aged 57, the empire was inherited by his sons who could not hold the empire together. The smaller states broke off and the empire crumbled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>The later arrival of Europeans in the region was the final nail in the empire&#8217;s coffin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;The history of the medieval period is still largely seen only as a Western history,&#8221; says Lisa Corrin Graziose, director of the Block Museum of Art, explaining why the story of Mansa Musa is not widely known.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Had Europeans arrived in significant numbers in Musa&#8217;s time, with Mali at the height of its military and economic power instead of a couple hundred years later, things almost certainly would have been different,&#8221; says Mr Ware.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mansa Musa (about 1280 \u2013 about 1337) was an <a title=\"Emperor\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emperor\">emperor<\/a> (<i>manse<\/i>) of the <a title=\"Mali Empire\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mali_Empire\">Mali Empire<\/a> during the 14th century. He became emperor in 1312. He was the first <a title=\"Africa\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Africa\">African<\/a> ruler to be widely known throughout Europe and the Middle East, and is regarded as the richest person to have ever lived. His wealth greatly surpassing anyone today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mansa Musa is one of the richest man to ever live with a net worth of $800 Billion U.S Dollars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mansa Musa was the great nephew of <a title=\"Sundiata Keita\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sundiata_Keita\">Sundiata Keita<\/a>, who was founder of the empire. He is famous for his <a title=\"Hajj\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hajj\">Hajj<\/a> (1324\u20135). His <a class=\"mw-disambig\" title=\"Caravan\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caravan\">caravan<\/a> was said to consist of 60,000 people carrying supplies and bags, 500 <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Slave\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slave\">slaves<\/a> each carrying a gold staff, and 80 to 100 <a title=\"Camel\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camel\">camels<\/a> each carrying 300 pounds of gold dust. On his journey, he is said to have given out millions of dollars worth of gold. He gave out so much gold in <a title=\"Cairo\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cairo\">Cairo<\/a> that the value stayed relatively low for many years. Mansa Musa stopped at multiple locations during his journey. These placed include Timbuktu, Gao, and Mecca. He stopped every Friday at a destination and left enough gold for a mosque to be built.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Timbuktu, Mansa Musa made it a center of trade, culture, and Islam, which also helped increase the spread of Islam throughout Western Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mansa Musa also helped to spread <a title=\"Islam\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islam\">Islam<\/a>. He was a devoted Muslim, and built many schools based on the teachings of the <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qur%27an\">Qur&#8217;an<\/a>, there also is a saying that every Friday when he stopped, while on his Hajj, he ordered a Mosque to be built, because that is a Muslim holy day. He sent students to Islamic universities in northern Africa was fames sens 1345.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After his Hajj, European cartographers began to draw Mansa Musa on maps. As the empire of Mali fell apart Mansa Musa&#8217;s reputation did as well; he was no longer drawn as a noble king on maps, but instead more uncivilized. He was drawn as a parody of European royalty, and a normal person with a crown. Mansa Musa was married to Inari Kunate. Mansa Musa, at his time worth $900 billion is still the richest man to date.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Amenhotep III- SOME SAY ONLY THIS MAN WAS WEALTHIER!!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1388\u20131351 BC<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pharaoh of Egypt<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Estimated wealth: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ZILLIONAIRE\u00a0 TO THE 1000TH DEGREE.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5961 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep.jpg 408w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-370x453.jpg 370w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-20x24.jpg 20w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-29x36.jpg 29w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-39x48.jpg 39w\" alt=\"Egyptian Pharaoh\" width=\"408\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep.jpg 408w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-370x453.jpg 370w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-20x24.jpg 20w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-29x36.jpg 29w, https:\/\/best-citizenships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amenhotep-39x48.jpg 39w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"ssrcss-ukwdbg-SectionWrapper e1nh2i2l2\" data-component=\"tag-list\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-bo8ols-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-4c4zzp-SectionHeaderWrapper e1nh2i2l3\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1y8kwfd-SectionHeader eik4du50\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 10 richest men of all time Mansa Musa (1280-1337, king of the Mali empire) wealth indescribable @Mansa__Musa__ Mansa Musa inherited a kingdom that was already wealthy, but his work in expanding trade made Mali the wealthiest kingdom in Africa. 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