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's wealth was much greater than Augustus ... eventually led to his kingdom's decline. He also built the Great Mosque in Timbuctu, the oldest mosque south of the Sahara.

Mansa Musa was the legendary ... Along his journey across North Africa, Musa built mosques as he went. He visited Cairo, and the procession camped beside the Great Pyramids of Giza before Musa ...

Under the leadership of Mansa Musa ... On his return from Mecca, Musa invited many scholars and architects to travel home with him, bringing their great minds to Mali's cities.

The rest of the world caught wind of his great fortune ... Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, pictured below, which still stands. After reigning for 25 years, Mansa Musa died in 1337.

This map shows Mansa Musa with an Arab traveller ... Only the thought of the famous kingdom of Mali kept me going. I had heard great stories about the land of gold and I knew I had to see it ...