African King Musa Keita I is thought to be the richest person of all time — "richer than anyone could describe," reports Time. Literally. His fortune was incomprehensible, Time's Jacob Davidson writes ...

"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 ...

The first of these maps appeared in Italy in 1339 with Mansa Musa’s name and likeness. Mansa Musa died in 1337 after a 25-year reign. He was succeeded by his son, Maghan I. • Sources: Djibril Tamsir ...

How Mansa Musa’s 14th-century caravan of 60,000 people was provisioned through Sahelian grain ecologies, relay-storehouse nodes, Taghaza salt logistic ...

World's richest man in history: Often referred to by historians as the “richest man who ever lived,” Mansa Musa ruled Mali from 1312 to 1337 CE, during a time when the West African empire was the ...