A heavy guilder’s tax was imposed on everything that passed through the empire, in or out. In four centuries, Mali expanded its territory, influence, and culture thanks to a well-trained imperial army ...

Mansa Musa ruled for the next 25 years and used Mali's military might to control the trade routes of the Sahara and the Niger River, greatly expanding the wealth and power of the empire.

Mansa Musa was the legendary ruler of the Mali Empire, thought by many to be the ... which resulted in prosperous trade between the nations and the wider region. Famously, Musa’s visit to ...