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In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire was central to several key trading routes, and with the support of a well ...

Can you fathom a net worth of $400 billion? That's an astronomical sum, surpassing the combined wealth of Forbes' top five billionaires. This was the reality for Mansa Musa, whose riches dwarf ...