death of his predecessor, Abu-Bakr II. Mansa Musa was recognized when it was discovered that he was the first Muslim ruler in West Africa to make the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324. Before his pilgrimage, Mansa Musa took all of the gold possible to Mecca to distribute it. On his stop in...
While Musa had a lot ofgold and gifts, hespent them recklessly.He distributed so much of the gold and gifts that he upset their value in the market and cities he had visited. Thesudden influx of gold in Cairo, Medina, and Mecca, caused adecline in the value of the metal. Imagine som...
Mansa Musa Thesis would have said Bill Gates, no it was Mansa Musa. Mansa Musa or the “King of Kings” had wealth that was incomparable. He was born in Mali, a country in West Africa, in the 1280s. He became the 14th century emperor of the Mali Empire in 1312 after the death of...