Mansa Musa I: The Richest Man in History?

We discuss how the extravagant pilgrimage of Mansa Musa, the Emperor of Mali, to Mecca in 1324 caused an economic collapse due to his generous distribution of gold, which devalued the currency and led to inflation that took over a decade to stabilize. However, his goal was to put Mali on the map as a center of culture, faith, and trade, which he succeeded in doing, as European cartographers soon began prominently featuring Mali and Musa on their maps. | History Revived