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 ...

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.

US$150 billion is the net worth of Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man. As an adjusted value, Mansa Musa's net worth would be approximately US $ 400 billion today. A pilgrimage to Mecca brought him ...

Depiction of Mansa Musa on his way to Mecca. The elaborate convoy that accompanied Musa marched alongside camels and horses carrying hundreds of pounds of gold, as well as a long train of goats ...

It's impossible to say whether or not Mansa Musa's wealth was exaggerated by his contemporaries. • But it certainly had a tremendous impact on global perceptions of Mali — and the economy of ...

African King Musa Keita I is thought to be the richest person of all time - "richer than anyone could describe," reports Time. Literally. His fortune was incomprehensible, Time's Jacob Davidson ...