King Mansa Musa\'s Cairo adventure

Mansa Musa The ninth king of the Mali Empire, which existed in northwest Africa (1312-1337). He amassed enormous wealth through trade across the Sahara, and had total assets worth approximately $400 billion (approximately 40 trillion yen) in today\'s terms. He made an extravagant pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, and is famous for giving away so much gold that he stopped at Cairo on his way back, causing the price of gold to fall.