Meet the Richest Man Who Ever Lived

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Writing: Steven Rix
Editing: Alex Brown

[drzl]

African History is heavily underrated.

[imperialstarbucks]

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)

[Windarti]

The rising interest rate can surely control inflation, but won't prevent erosion of the eroding purchasing power of the US dollar. I have learnt my lesson this time. The banks can't be making money off my money, while inflation eats into it. I have set aside 650k to invest in the stock market now, since that keeps up with inflation, but I don't know how to get started.

[zeranebenyelle]

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.

[pincle]

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

[whitewalker]

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.

[BrianFedirko]

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 ☮

[jimbouchilon]

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 🙏🙏🙏

[alfiewhittaker]

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

[SomeBlackGuy]

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

[hd]

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.

[clint]

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

[CushiteChristian]

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

[theduece]

Salt was a huge commodity back in the day. The word salary has origins in the Latin word for salt “Sal”.

[Indigog]

Thank so much for sharing the information about one of the most influential men that had ever lived. I became fascinated by Mansa Musa many years ago while I was doing some research.
So much of the history of Africa has been buried or dismissed except for the Egyptians, which for some reason some folks don't consider African. We won't go there. Anyway thanks again. I love the images that you used it reminded me of the posters that I used in my classroom. 🙌💯❤🖤💚🌍💲

[mmariemarkel]

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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!

[georgejones]

I'm interested in this voyage across the Atlantic.

[shaquilleoatmeal]

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

[cherylmoore]

Didn't plan on watching this whole interview! It was very interesting, enlightening and encouraging. Thanks for sharing.

[jhaychylla]

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.