King Mansa Musa wasn’t just the 1% of the 14th century — he may be the richest person of all time. As the obscure ruler of West Africa’s Mali Empire, Musa amassed a jaw-dropping $400 billion during ...

To find out who the richest person in the world was to have ever lived, you have to go to the 14th century. His wealth was greater than that of Bill Gates, creator of Microsoft, or Jeff Bezos, founder ...

Names like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, or John Rockefellar immediately typify ‘world’s richest,’ but the undisputed ...

He was also called Kankan Musa. He ruled from 1312 to 1337, which was for 25 years. He was the 9th king and was preceded by Muhammad Ibn Qu. During the reign of Mansa Musa in Mali, Mali was one of the ...

"This book introduces the medieval empire of Mali...and soon narrows its focus to the compelling life story of the emperor Mansa Musa, who rules Mali in the early 1300s...This enjoyable work smoothly ...

This is what the king Mansa Musa brought with him on his trans-Saharan pilgrimage from Mali to Mecca: “8,000 courtiers, 12,000 slaves and 100 camels each carrying up to 300 pounds of pure gold,” ...

Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history.Mansa Musa, 14th-century emperor of the Mali ...

With the holidays behind us, the Civilization VI: Gathering Storm civ reveals are dropping once more. Today Mali is unveiled, led by Mansa Musa - supposedly the "richest person in history" thanks to ...