He Crashed an Entire Economy by Going Shopping — The Story of Mansa Musa

In 1324, a king set out on a religious pilgrimage. By the time he returned home, he had accidentally destroyed an entire country's economy — and it took them 12 years to recover. His name was Mansa Musa. He ruled the Mali Empire in West Africa. And he was, without any reasonable doubt, the wealthiest human being who has ever lived on this earth — with an estimated fortune of $400 billion in today's money. This is his story. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 — The hook 01:25 — The Mali Empire 04:51 — How rich was he, really? 08:02 — The Hajj that crashed Cairo's economy 11:56 — What he built — Timbuktu & the great libraries 13:56 — The fall and the forgetting 16:20 — Why this story matters 🏛️ GILDED THRONE We tell the stories they left out of your history books — forgotten empires, kings who changed the world, and the civilisations history chose to erase. New episode every 10 days. Subscribe →    / @gildedthronehd   #Mansamusa #Africahistory #Worldhistory #Ancienthistory #Ancientempires #Maliempire #history #forgottenhistory #richestmanever #historydocumentary #GildedThrone