Mansa Musa and The Empire of Mali: Musa's Development Of Timbuktu And His Legacy As The Richest Man In The World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798671014952)

Africa in the 13th century lay in ruins owing to countless civil wars and the ensuing famine. Amid the hopelessness arose a man who began to rebuild the ravaged diaspora. He instituted a government that was so efficient at managing the country of Mali that pretty soon it was the most progressive nation on the continent. Not long after, one-by-one, the neighboring countries began to join the fold until all of west Africa constituted a single empire. The emperor Mansa Musa had more wealth than every billionaire combined, today. This is his story.

The genius of Musa's administration lay in decentralization. He ordered the formation of distributed administration pockets which repatriated taxes back to the central empire which lay oversight on their activities. At its height, Mansa Musa owned more than half of the world's gold reserves.

On his pilgrimage to Mecca, he brought with him a caravan comprising tens of thousands of people bearing unimaginable quantities of gold. On reaching Cairo and staying there for 3 months, he and his people flooded the city with so much gold that it crashed the economy due to inflation. Come and personally get to know the splendour that was Mansa Musa.

Here's a preview of what you'll discover in this book:

• Mansa Musa before coming to power

• Events leading up to him gaining control of Mali

• Musa succeeding Sundiata Keita as emperor

• His reign and development of the Empire

• His travels to Mecca and elaborate activities along the way

• His stay in Cairo and influence there

• His trip to Mecca and his experience there

• Bringing back ideas to his Empire and planning progress

• Mali as the epicenter of a great civilization

• The gradual deterioration of Mali

• Musa's demise and the legacy he left behind

..... And much more

Mansa Musa is considered a legendary and almost mythical figure in west Africa and no one can even imagine the amount of wealth he possessed. During his rule, the Malian empire became the greatest cultural, religious and academic center of the world. He was a visionary leader and way ahead of his time. This book will present an unrivaled perspective to who Mansa Musa was and what made him singularly unique in the history of mankind as a progressive king and social innovator the likes of which the world has never seen.