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Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali Empire, is widely regarded as the richest man in history. He was exceptionally wealthy to an extent that historians have struggled to quantify it accurately.

Mansa Musa was emperor of the West African Mali Empire. Covering roughly 500,000 square miles of land, it was the biggest empire West Africa has ever known. 2. Mansa Musa is still the richest man ...

Mansa Musa’s reign is appropriately referred to as the Golden Age of the Mali Empire. He oversaw a period of impressive territorial expansion and economic development.

After Mansa Musa died in 1337, aged 57, the empire was inherited by his sons who could not hold it together. The smaller states broke off and the empire crumbled. But Mali’s fame as a place of ...

His son was Mansa Musa (Musa Keita ... Sundiata and his men continued to expand the Mali Empire. With the help of his army, Musa became the second most powerful leader of the empire.

During Musa’s reign, the empire of Mali accounted for almost half of the Old World's gold, according to the British Museum. And all of it belonged to the king. "As the ruler, Mansa Musa had ...

A forgotten ruler of Africa was worth £400 billion and almost crashed the Egyptian economy through his gift-giving. Mansa ...

Benin was led by the Oba, a powerful leader who was believed to be a god. Mali and Mansa Musa The Mali Empire was created when Sundiata Keita united a series of smaller kingdoms in 1235.