In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Mansa Musa — emperor of the Mali Empire and possibly the richest human to ever exist. His pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 flooded cities with gold, destabilised economies, and casually announced West Africa as a global power. This is wealth, spectacle, and one very shiny flex. Let’s squirt!
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Topics: Mansa Musa, Mali Empire, West African history, richest person in history, medieval trade networks, Islamic pilgrimage history, Timbuktu, African empires, History SquirtShout out to the Pixabay creators who provided sound effects for the episode:
