{"id":18791,"date":"2022-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=18791"},"modified":"2022-10-03T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:44:38","slug":"how-wealthy-was-mansa-musa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/2022\/09\/29\/how-wealthy-was-mansa-musa\/","title":{"rendered":"How wealthy was Mansa Musa?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Q&A<\/span><\/h4>\n\n

How wealthy was Mansa Musa?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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PUT ON THE MAP<\/strong> The uber-wealthy Mansa Musa earned a spot on the 14th-century Catalan Atlas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\u2022 <\/span>SHORT ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

The richest person ever to have lived had so much gold that he once destabilised a country\u2019s economy<\/p>\n\n

\u2022 <\/span>LONG ANSWER<\/span> <\/h5>\n\n

In control of half of the world\u2019s gold production, colossal stores of precious salt and numerous lucrative trading routes, it\u2019s no wonder that Musa \u2013 a 14th-century <\/span>mansa <\/em>(ruler) of the vast Mali empire in west Africa \u2013 has gone down as one of the BIG money-makers. When on a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, he was so generous with his gold that he caused its price to plummet and the economy of Egypt to crash.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

While comparing wealth across time, geography and culture is a tricky business, there is good reason why he is referred to as the richest person to have ever lived. One estimate, which should be taken with a pinch of salt, put Musa\u2019s wealth at $400bn (around \u00a3330bn). To put that in perspective, at the time of writing, Elon Musk\u2019s worth has peaked at $340bn \u2013 and he\u2019s got a whole digitally connected planet and even space to make his money. <\/p>\n\n

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