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Mansa Musa displayed immense wealth on his pilgrimage to Mecca

The ruler of Mali brought tons of gold across North Africa in 1324

Ruler of the Mali Empire from 1312 to 1337, Mansa Musa led a magnificent caravan of tens of thousands of attendants to Mecca in 1324. His lavish gifts of gold in Cairo flooded local markets and temporarily depressed gold values, putting the vast economic wealth of West Africa on European world maps.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The ruler of Mali brought tons of gold across North Africa in 1324. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.