Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali Empire, is widely regarded as the richest man in history. He was exceptionally wealthy to an extent that historians have struggled to quantify it accurately.

Early on in his new book, “Custodians of Wonder,” BBC ... the largest and greatest kingdom in West African history: the Mali Empire. At its height, around 1300, it stretched for some 2,000 ...

Timbuktu became a major city in the Mali Empire after Sundiata’s nephew ... Timbuktu and chronicled his findings in a book called Geographical History of Africa. The city’s reputation for ...

Nearly 700 years after he ruled the Mali Empire, King Mansa Musa has been awarded the title of richest person in history. Personal fortune: $400 billion. That's according to a new inflation ...

The Mali Empire ruled much of West Africa starting ... fact that such a large and powerful polity has been left out of history books for so long is rather shameful," Sirio Canós-Donnay, an ...

With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history. But he is by ... During the reign of Mansa Musa, the empire of Mali accounted for almost half of the ...

The 14th-century king, as Thad Morgan details for History.com, took power at a time when the Mali Empire was already a source of much of the natural resources, such as gold and salt, used by ...

But 14th century African emperor Musa Keita is widely considered richest person in history ... know for a fact that Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire in the 14th century and his land was ...