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and Mansa Musa, being the richest man number of options to enjoy his life, he didn’t
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throughout history, had almost three times as spend too much of his wealth on his own
much net worth as Jeff Bezos does. Not only life. Instead, he decided to use the 400
did he have more money, Mansa Musa truly billion dollars to help out the poor. Mansa
showed his wealth to the entire world. On his Musa helped many poor people directly and
1324 pilgrimage, he was accompanied by improved the living conditions of many;
thousands of men, many of whom were slaves; after his pilgrimage to Mecca, he built
all of his servants were elegantly dressed, and schools, universities, and libraries to provide
they were well mannered that they didn’t fail better education for many of his citizens. He
to create a nice impression on the people they also built mosques in his cities and some of
encountered. The precise number of the them remain standing even till this day. If
people that went on this pilgrimage is we look at the world’s richest man right
unknown; however, it was said that Mansa now, which is Jeff Bezos, he hasn’t done
Musa was "Not one to travel on a budget, he anything to improve the world with his
brought a caravan stretching as far as the eye wealth. Although some of the other
could see." billionaires, like Bill Gates, helped out the
Furthermore, he carried around 24,000 community with his donations and
pounds (approximately 11 tons) of gold with 80 personally went to Africa to help out the
camels each carrying 300 pounds of gold. He poor, many of the other billionaires sadly
also brought Persian silk and other goods. aren't as kind as them. Modern day
While he was passing through countries, he billionaires in general have literally shown
distributed much of the gold to the poor and the flaws of capitalism. Their money will
the rulers of the land. In fact, he gave out so hold little meaning to other people. The
much gold at Cairo (the capital of Egypt), that contribution Manda Musa made, however,
he flooded the entire country with gold that will be important to this world.
crashed its economy; they only recovered from Mansa Musa died in 1337 with the age of
this 12 years later. After his trip to Mecca, his 57; although he is no longer alive, what he
wealth was seen by the Europeans, and he was achieved while he was alive will be
put on the 1375 Catalan Atlas, an important remembered. Although, eventually the title
map for medieval Europe. of the world's richest man throughout
Although Mansa Musa was the richest history will be taken away by another
person in the entire world with a considerable person, and fewer people will know about
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