THE GOLD KING - Musa Keita

When you are asked to mention the richest men in the world, people like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and other rich men comes to mind, known to have about $180 billion, $153 billion, $102 billion, and $84 billion respectively. But this list of richest men would be this incomplete without acknowledging the richest man in the history of mankind; Musa Keita, aslo known as Mansa Musa. He tops this list leasing with a very high margin. In fact, his wealth was inconceivably vast that there is no accurate way of calculating it but it was roughly estimated to about $400 billion. Jeff Bezos, the current world richest man had only a fraction of this. His wealth is was due to his involvement in gold and salt mining as well as trading. Europe at that time wasn’t doing so great. The whole region was suffering from an economic crisis, driven plomiting gold and silver production meanwhile, Mali was drowning in gold.

ABOUT MANSA MUSA
Mansa Musa also known as Musa the first was regarded as the wealthiest man In the history of man. He was born in 1280AD and one of the greatest military conqueror in history. During his reign, the Mali empire expanded greatly conquering about 24 cities as well as surrounding territories.
The ascent of Musa to power was via interesting circumstances, the king before him Abubakari Keita set out on a quest across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new lands; a journey that European explorer wouldn’t have imagined hundreds of years to come. Before leaving for his quest, Abubakari Keita appointed Musa as his deputy to stand and take charge in his absence. After several years of waiting for the return of the King and the search for him with over two thousand ship parties with all to no avail, the high chiefs then came together in agreement to appoint Musa as the Emperor of Mali. During his reign, he made strategic moves as regards economic infrastructure by controlling the trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and the rest not Africa. He was able to transform one of the cities the captured; Timbuktu into a good of high centre and wealth to the Islamic world. He established a university which attracted scholers and learnard men from surrounding cities. He encouraged education and economic growth by funding skills and talents of his people.
Musa was also known for his extravagant plirimage to Meca. This made the rest of the world aware of the riches of Africa.

THE RISE OF MALI EMPIRE
The Mali Empire the became gold producers in the world. With great knowledge comes great fortune. The Mali Empire have an advantage of residing along the Niger river. Every successful empire started with a good river because with good river comes life, food and trade. This is what the Mali Empire did to prosper. They traded salt and gold to other cities while growing crops and sustaining lives. By the time he became the ruler of Mali and began to conquer more cities, many people have heard about him and his kingdom. With a good location and opening up the Atlantic Ocean, they managed to turn Mali into one of the biggest trading region of the world. They were selling gold and salt at a time where Europe was struggling to obtain and hold both.

GOLD TRADING IN MALI
Musa’s ascension to the to power during the 14the century came at a very critical time in history. The late middle age is marked by population decline and economic crisis, especially in Europe. The whole continent was suffering from famine, political revolution, and other economic draining issues. Meanwhile,with the rise of the Mali Empire, the North Africa was becoming a center for commerce and industrialization. At the time, Musa came to power and took advantage of the economic stability in his region but Musa wasn’t just opportunistic, his country was rich in gold and salt and soon he bacame a successful marchant. He traded his gold all across Africa and Asia, establishing Timbuktu as a center of commerce in the region. Before his involvement Timbuktu was barely established as a permanent settlement but after his renovation, the city had a constant system of camel passing through with each camel carrying more than 200 pounds of gold or salt. Till date, the salt trade is still as efficient I. Timbuktu and still serve as a commercial hub.
Musa also acquired more wealth from collecting gold tributaries from captured cities.

MANSA MUSA’S PILGRIMAGE
One of the most famous things Mansa Musa was known for was the expansion of Mali’s Empire and his pilgrimage to Meca. Musa’s trip was considered as the most expensive trip in history. His pilgrimage was termed legendary due to the extreme wealth he displayed on his journey which announced his riches across the Mediterranean Sea. As a Muslim, you need to visit Meca at least one time in a life time; this is one of the pillers of Islam. His pilgrimage to meca took 2 years because there was no modern means of travelling at that time, 4000 miles away. On his journey he took 1000 attendants, 100 camels loaded each with gold, plenty of the Emperor’s musician, 500 salves bearing gold staffs. This trip showed how he actually was. Also on his way, he spent mass quantity of gold, giving to the poor and also building mosques along the way. His extravagant spending crippled the economy of Cairo. This lead to inflation and took several years for them to recover from.
A single man single handedly controlling price of gold and the economy of a city. Is there no end to his wealth?
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CONCLUSION
The Richest Man in the history of man was a gold investor. The reputation of gold investment still remains unstained, always there to save you from economic catastrophy, and producing return at the same times. Gold investment seems like the best kind of investment so far. Why not save your assets by buying your gold via the digital gold platform.
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