The Richest Man Who Ever Lived - The Story of Mansa Musa - The Emperor of Mali

Published 2023-10-31
Mansa Musa was a great emperor of Mali in the 14th century. Famous for his pilgrimage to Mecca, he is considered one of the richest men in history, boosting art and education in his kingdom.

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  • @clarkparker4860
    When you're so rich that your shopping spree disrupts the economy.
  • @phantomeye5199
    0:58 He was holding his hands by him. 1:08 He just give a Crown a true leadership. 2:28 All people pray a God. 3:44 They give them a Gold Coins! For everyone! Love it! 4:22 A man visit to him along his Gold case. 5:11 So this is Mansa Musa with all gold treasure! Rich money! 👏👏 Wow. Now that was fantastic video that The Story of Mansa Musa The Richest Man Who Ever Lived. The Emperor of Mali. No wonder he was totally rich gold and power of Empir
  • @dafttool
    His is an enormous cautionary tale. Because he gave away so much wealth (primarily gold), he crashed the economy of everywhere he went. If everyone has gold, then its value drops. So the price of bread (for instance) undergoes giant inflationary pressures. He never meant to cause harm, but it in fact did great harm. Instead of giving away his wealth, he should’ve used it to build something lasting. Billionaires of today need to be careful how they distribute their wealth (if they ever do 🙄), because done the wrong way, it could cause more harm than good
  • @BaithNa
    I first heard about this legend in an Epic Rap Battle of History. The guy that plays him, ScruFace Jon, also did a rap about Mansa Musa and its also pretty amazing. Ita crazy that they don't teach history classes about people like this in US schools.
  • Before Scrooge McDuck, Richie Rich, Bruce Wayne,Mr Burns and Tony Stark there was Mansa Musa
  • Aye good one new history beautiful Mansa Musa that the name so easy call I like it my brother father 😊.
  • He created a big economic crisis in the middle east. People ended up with tons of golden coins but no silver coins to balance the cash flow. It was like people having hundred dollars bills only and buying stuff became impossible. A very smart man in France called Jack Coeur who had monopoly over the early birth of fashion/à la façon used the king signature to sneak silver from France to Egypt and Levant in exchange of 10 to 15 times its weight for gold which gave France it's added value to fashion and clothing which lasted till this day he was also forced by the french king to finance the war to regain Normandy from the English. It is fascinating how an event in the middle of the desert can affect 2 different continents (Asia and Europe) and human history.
  • @KingNazaru
    But what about King Solomon? I’m pretty sure he’d be wealthier considering he ruled around the time of the peak of Jerusalem’s prosperity. Not to mention he had 1000 wives, many of whom would have likely been royalty. To live the life he’d lived, he would have to have been the wealthiest man in human history.
  • @AlmightyZeno
    Have a grate day and a spooktacular Halloween 🎃
  • I wanna see the story of Grigori Rasputin "There lived a certain man in Russia long ago"