The Bizarre Life Of History's Richest Man: Mansa Musa
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Published 2022-06-01
Such wealth is often hard to imagine, so for context, this figure is the same as the national gross domestic product of Norway. Musa was so wealthy that his lavish gifting crashed a regional gold market for a decade, and quite literally put him and his empire on the map.
Much of Musa’s early life are lost to history, but what we do know is that he was born around 1280 AD in or around the Mali Empire, and ascended the throne around 1312. Lets find out more about how his bizarre life as history's richest man!
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All Comments (21)
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What would you've done if you had Mansa Musa's money?
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My problem with the modern guys is most of their riches are stocks while Mansa Musa's wealth is solid gold and salt
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He inherited his money and kingdom from his father, who was an amazing, forward-thinking man, would love to hear more about that man.
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In fact, following his Hadj, stories of Mali's and West African wealth were what pushed the Portuguese to sail into unknown territory along its coastline (much more than a motivation to find a direct market to India's spice markets)
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The necessary history that should be taught, rather than denying or burying African contributions to the world
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His wealth was worth $4.6 trillion dollars
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When I was young I thought of Timbuktu to be a very far away land. I would love to visit Timbuktu.
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Thanks A Day in History! Finally you guys have taken the lead to showcase and shine a spotlight on Black / African History Below are some historical suggestions for your African History Playlist : 1. King Menelik II & The Battle of Adwa (Ethiopia's War of Independence against Italy) 2. Queen Nzinga (resistance against the Portuguese) 3. Toussaint L'ouverture & Jean Jaques Dessalines (Hatian Revolution) 4. Gaspar Yanga (Revolutionary who created the first independent black majority Mexican City) 5. Pharaoh Taharqa (Nubian King - Conqueror of Ancient Egypt & the Assyrians) 6. Samoury Touré (Created an autonomous territory and led a long term French resistance against French Colonial expeditions in West Africa) 7. Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's War of Independence against Great Britain 8. Malik Ambar (King in the Heart of India & Military Strategist who won numerous battles against the Mughal Empire while fending them off for 30 Years) 9. John Horse & the Black Seminoles (leaders of the largest slave revolt in US history leading to the largest migration of slaves to a safe heaven in Mexico . 10. Askia Mohammed (Emperor of the Songhai Empire) 11. Ancient Astronomers & Scholars of Timbuktu (over 800,000 Manuscripts still exist in Timbuktu libraries) 12. Pharaoh Piye (Emperor of Nubia and Egypt) etc etc etc
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Beautifully said . Loved it. Thank you for giving us the important part of history 😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤
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He's STILL the richest man in the world 🌎! Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!
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He sounds like quite a man I believe the most important thing that he could have done was the University's the books of knowledge cuz things like that live on and on overtime buildings crumble and civilizations even cease but knowledge hopefully we'll keep growing
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Great king but also too generous which got him and africa as a whole unwanted attention,word spread of the vast wealth and outsiders wanted everything we had and they took it
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when a man love God this world is nothing but dust
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Dying in 1337 makes him even more legendary
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Incredibly well researched on a hitherto not well known character and beautifully presented by you. Thank you very much.
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Man of the people! Great story.
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A true muslim man with character and personality.
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If half of big figures of history were like him, today's humankind would be way more advanced
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A wonderful history lesson & shows that at different times different groups are powerful & judging people in history by today's standards is naive.
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Thank you.
