In the fourteenth century, if you wanted to find one of the richest empires in the world, you wouldn’t have looked in Europe. Instead, you would have travelled to West Africa and the Mali Empire. The ...

A Photograph of Mansa Musa, King of Mali on a map of North Africa circa 1375. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images) But his story was recorded by historians north of the Sahara. First it was those he ...

The ninth of the Mali Empire, who reigned in the 14th century, Mansa Musa is widely considered the richest historical figure.

Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali Empire, is widely regarded as the richest man in history. He was exceptionally wealthy to an extent that historians have struggled to quantify it accurately.

One such figure was Mansa Musa, the African emperor of 14 th century, who is believed to be the richest man ever to live on earth. Mansa Musa, who was born in 1280 AD, ruled the large Mali ...