who specialises in African art at the Block Museum of Art at the Northwestern University, said: "As the ruler, Mansa Musa had almost unlimited access to the most highly valued source of wealth in ...

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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.

But 14th century African emperor Musa Keita is widely considered richest person in history. • It's impossible to say whether or not Mansa Musa's wealth was exaggerated by his contemporaries.

"I really wanted to make this art piece to present his birth to the ... C.E. and historically had a fortune of $400 billion. "Mansa Musa is just a very well-known figure in African history and ...

"As the ruler, Mansa Musa had almost unlimited access to the most highly valued source of wealth in the mediaeval world," African art specialist Kathleen Bickford Berzock, of Northwestern ...

Trading gold and salt have proved to be the most profitable. Where did Mansa Musa wealth go? A mosque would be built in today's Mali on this territory after Musa completed his Hajj in today's Mali.

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 ...