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Thoughts on Mansa Musa? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by fire86743@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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Mansa Musa is said to have been the richest man in human history, possessing in the 14th century AD what could today be considered at least $400 billion, and that's just a lower estimate. Basically, he was richer than Elon Musk.

He was the king of the Mali Empire, located in an area that produced HALF of all gold worldwide.

As a devout Muslim, he later took a pilgrimage to Mecca and was reported to be rather generous on his journey. The man was so absurdly rich that his donations would CAUSE LOCAL ECONOMIES TO HYPERINFLATE BECAUSE OF THE DEVALUATION OF GOLD!

You can read more about him.

Point is, what are yall's thoughts on the richest man in history that got rich by being the lucky king of the biggest producer of gold in the world.

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[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He wasnt generous he just didnt need it.

by your definition nobody is generous

Ya he could buy lots of stuff with his gold, but the logistics of that time would be a big limiter

he had an entourage of thousands of people come with him to Egypt and the north. He could've bought anything he wanted and transported it back no issue