"Not one to travel on a budget, he brought a caravan stretching as far as the eye could see," Smith reported. The numbers vary, but Mansa Musa's reportedly 60,000-strong caravan was said to ...

Mali inherited a wealthy kingdom, but he established it as the richest kingdom in Africa through his actions. In Cairo, Mansa Musa met the Sultan of Egypt, and his caravan spent and gave away so much ...

What made Mansa Musa so absurdly wealthy? Through being a trade hub connecting the interior and southern coasts of West Africa with North Africa across the Sahara desert's caravan routes, the Mali ...

Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali Empire ... Musa personally ensured the well-being of his caravan, which included 80 camels, each carrying between 50 and 300 pounds (23–136 kg) of gold dust.

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 ...

Mansa Musa was emperor of the West African Mali Empire. Covering roughly 500,000 square miles of land, it was the biggest empire West Africa has ever known. 2. Mansa Musa is still the richest man ...