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.

A mosque would be built in today's Mali on this territory after Musa completed ... and mosques with his wealth. The net worth of Mansa Musa was estimated to be around $400 billion in ...

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 ...

Mansa Musa's wealth was much greater than Augustus ... generosity eventually led to his kingdom's decline. He also built the Great Mosque in Timbuctu, the oldest mosque south of the Sahara.

But, according to the internet (and we all know the internet is never wrong) there was someone even richer: a Malian gentleman, Mansa Musa ... of Islam had a mosque built. When he arrived in ...

and the Mansa’s servants wore robes of silk. The caravan also included over 100 camels, each supposedly carrying over 200 pounds of solid gold. Along his journey across North Africa, Musa built ...

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.