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Mansa Musa is renowned for his wealth and generosity. Online articles in the 21st century have claimed that Mansa Musa was the richest person of all time. [91] [citation needed] Historians such as Hadrien Collet have argued that Musa's wealth is impossible to calculate accurately.
Mansa Musa has been claimed to have been the richest person to have ever lived, with an estimated net worth adjusted for inflation of $400 billion (as of 2012). [11] Mansa Musa's reign ushered in a time of peace and prosperity in Mali that would last through the reign of his eventual successor, Mansa Suleyman. [9]
At its height, it controlled 25% of the world’s landmass — geographically, the largest empire ever — and 412 million subjects or 23% of the world’s population.
The Mali Empire (Manding: Mandé [3] or Manden Duguba; [4] [5] Arabic: مالي, romanized: Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita (c. 1214 – c. 1255) and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa (Musa Keita).
The richest person who ever lived may have a net worth of $400 billion by today's standards. Here's who he was and how he spent it.
In the 1300s, Emperor Mansa Musa I of the Mali Empire particularly profited from gold in the Malian region. [6] He became the richest person to have ever lived in large part due to the trade of gold. [6] The heart of the Mali Empire was located along the Niger River Basin, making it the intersection of many important trans-Saharan trade routes. [6]
Mansa Musa I of the Mali Empire would dust any of the men on this list in a race for wealthiest person who ever lived. He expanded the Mali empire throughout West Africa during the 14th century ...
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