Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived - Jessica Smith

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When you're so rich, that you can destabilize an economy.

You know you're rich when going on vacation means causing inflation for the places you pass through

I am from Mecca, Saudi Arabia The story of this king is still in our memories From generation to generation And no one can forget it . Allah have mercy on his soul.

When mention is made of Mansa Musa's wealth, people generally think of the gold only. Only a few also think of the salt which was almost as important as the gold. Even fewer people think of the books of Timbuktu, Djene, etc. Books also consisted of a huge wealth! People bought books a lot. Also, we must not forget that Mansa Musa controlled most of West Africa and its resources. So, the bronze, copper, silver etc. were also his. In addition, there were many livestock (dromadaries / Camels, horses, donkey, cows, sheep, goats, chiken, Guinea fowls, etc. It would be very difficult to know the exact extent of Musa's wealth. Before industrial mining came, traditional gold mining has always brought tons of gold to Mali. Even today, traditional gold mining alone amounts to any amount between 4 and 15 tons of gold for present day Mali alone. Combined with industrial mining, it amounts to about 70 tons on an annual basis now. Mansa Musa's gold minies did not include only those on the present day territory of Mali. Mansa Musa's Mali included southern Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Ginea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger. Some of the traditional gold mining cites are on the territories of Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea Conakry today. It must be also remembered that the decision to make mining output the property of king predates Mansa Musa for centuries. By the end of the 600s, the King of Ouagadou was Kayamakan Cissé. It is he who decreted that all gold and other minerals belonged to the King. He amassed a lot of gold, levied and trained a huge and professional army and invaded the other surrounding kingdoms, which included Mali, Sosso, Thakrur, Audagost. He then declared himself Ghana, meaning the conqueror. As he united all the kingdoms into one big empire, people started calling it the empire of Ghana. When Sundiata became King of Mali by 1235, Ghana had shrunk back to the Kingdom of Ouagadou, which covers areas of southern Mauritania, Mali and Senegal today. The capital city of Ouagadou was Kumbi Saleh. It is on the territory of present day Mauritania. Sundiata also conquered back all the territory of the Ghana empire and added many new territories to make the Mali empire. The tradion of declaring the King as owner of the mines and mining output continued.

mansa musa would've had a banging instagram

His pilgrimage was just the ultimate flex on the haters.

He was ancient Mr Beast

Africa: We're wealthiest continent, we have gold and resources. Europe: Looks like this continent wants a freedom

Imagine you’re just chilling on the desert and suddenly you see a guy riding a camel, so you’re just like “ok” but then suddenly 1,000 of them come over the desert horizon

Screw airpods. Causing inflation in the places you have vacation in is the baddest flex of all

Would pay good money to see DreamWorks make a Mansa Musa movie in the same way as the Prince Of Egypt and Joseph the King of Dreams

For anybody wondering, "Mansa" means "King". It is from "Bambara", mother tongue of Mali. So "Mansa Musa" just means King Musa.

Only 1300's babies will understand

"Gold and salt" And vibranium.

Now I know why the hadith says ," give wealth to poor Allah will increase your wealth " man but the intention has to be pure Which means he was a hardcore muslim.

We need an Assasins Creed game set in this period

The white tears are strong in this comment section.

so if Mansa Musa were immortal, he could've made Wakanda

me: mansa can we get mcdonalds mansa:here me:i mean a burger not the whole company