Meet the Richest Man Who Ever Lived

Im just glad he was selfless and not selfish, unlike other billionaires today. (All of you saying how he had slaves, not only did he not overwork them, he donated a ton to the poor people)

African History is heavily underrated.

A lot of the millionaires are heirs. Real selfmade millionaires are investors . And there is nothing like luck but taking risk and timing included. And you need a some education. To become a millionaire by yourself should not be a goal (depends on country) because its just out of reach. Investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity, I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life too 🙏🙏🙏

I’m 62 years young and black and my roots extend to this part of Africa were Mansa was from. This is so amazing. I never knew this. Thank you so much for this informative video. Totally enjoyed. Thank you.

The richest man ever existed in the world and the guy didn't go to the history books as conqueror or tyrant. Of course he may not be perfect, but his name never mentioned with any battle, carnage or something like that. Instead he's known for amazing donations, making trade centers and building educational centers for the people. Respect.

You've forgotten about Chris Reynolds, who became the richest man ever for like 15 minutes when PayPal accidentally gave him 92 quadrillion dollars

A lot of people are acting like he isn’t taught in schools. He is actually in the curriculum, where he is taught in the class “world history” that is taken in 10th grade. People just may not remember him. It was taught that in his pilgrimage to Mecca, he affected Egypt’s economy with all the money he spent there.

As a West African, his life and reign were part of our history curriculum in primary school, alongside the likes of Ousman Dan Fodio, Sunni Ali, Askia The Great etc.

Thank you for showing this, African history is often ignored by the world.

"Many of you haven't heard of Mansa Musa" Me: Laughs in Civilization 6

Mali Empire was not the largest of all the empires in the Western Africa. Songhai Empire was the largest and Most powerful empire in the Western Africa which was referred to as Western Sudan then

This history of Mansa Musa is truly amazing, and shows how rich and deep Africa's history and resources are. I''d never heard/read of him before, but now will study in depth. Thanks man ☮

The Golden rule : He who holds the gold makes the rules.

I like that you’re keeping parts of history alive that are rarely spoken on. We need more like this💯

Your enthusiasm really carried this lesson home. I loved every second of it.

@Thoughty2 Hi Arron, first I am a total ancient history fanatic, so I totally loves this video. Second, love the way you spell your name, and third I'm giving you a huge 👍 thumbs up, I'm a new subbie AND, I'm sharing this awesome video and channel. Now, I'm gonna go start binge watching your videos. Cherio!

I'm interested in this voyage across the Atlantic.

There's a UFC fighter whose nickname is 'New Mansa'... It's basically how I learned about Mansa Musa

Thank you Thoughty 2!!!! I was kind of surprised to see you cover this. I'm impressed beyond words. I did a report on this years ago and was blown away with what I found out in the process. THIS really should be a movie, after being published as a book. I found out that there was an English man, back in those days, who reportedly visited Timbuktu and wrote that it was the absolute safest place he'd ever been in all of his days of travel. He said he could walk their streets at night and had no fear of anything. The people were said to be very meek and polite. He attributes that to the leader who made sure at least to things were expected of every inhabitant: be fully educated and be conscience of the Supreme leader...it was not him, it was God. The core values of those who accepted him as their ruler were based on the intangibles and at top of that list was their fear (awe) of God.

what a great video, I love everything he said, things like this always make me wonder what it would be like if we hadn't established financial systems all over Europe