Trading gold and salt have proved to be the most profitable. Where did Mansa Musa wealth go? A mosque would be built in today's Mali on this territory after Musa completed his Hajj in today's Mali.

Mali's empire was built by the tenth Mansa, also known as Cassandra or Musa Keita I, "King of Kings" or "Emperor". Musa's gifts of gold contributed to the decline in gold prices in Egypt, which caused ...

Getty Images Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327 Mansa Musa returned ... he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a ...

Getty Images Mansa Musa commissioned the famous Djinguereber Mosque in 1327 Mansa Musa returned ... he also funded literature and built schools, libraries and mosques. Timbuktu soon became a ...

Musa turned Sankore mosque into a university and filled it ... Musa Keita became the new Mansa and was called Mansa Musa. Mansa Musa built many schools, universities and libraries, in cities ...