Trading gold and salt have proved to be the most profitable. Where did Mansa Musa wealth go? A mosque would be built in today's Mali on this territory after Musa completed his Hajj in today's Mali.

Getty Images Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327 Mansa Musa returned ... he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a ...

Mansa Musa left all this money to people on the street, but he also used it to buy souvenirs. His most famous mosque is the Djinguereber Mosque, which is said to have been built every Friday during ...

He also built the legendary Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, pictured below, which still stands. After reigning for 25 years, Mansa Musa died in 1337. He was succeeded by his son, Maghan I.

The centuries-old Djingareyber mosque of Timbuktu is one of many built during Mansa Musa’s reign. (Reuters pic) Historians write of a retinue of tens of thousands of soldiers and servants ...

Musa turned Sankore mosque into a university and filled it ... Musa Keita became the new Mansa and was called Mansa Musa. Mansa Musa built many schools, universities and libraries, in cities ...

It is the earliest surviving map to depict Mansa Musa, the ruler of Mali ... he met on his travels, he built repositories of knowledge — Djinguereber Mosque and Sankoré Madrasa University ...

Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327 Mansa Musa returned ... he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a centre of ...

Getty Images Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327 Mansa Musa returned ... he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a ...