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This is the richest man to ever live. His name is Mansa Musa and In 1324 he led a monumental caravan across the Sahara on a hajj to Mecca. This caravan was extraordinary, comprising 8,000 courtiers, 12,000 servants, and 100 camels loaded with gold. Each evening, the entourage set up a temporary town in the desert, including a mobile mosque for Musa's prayers. Arab historian Shihab al-‘Umari recounted how Musa's generosity in Cairo was so lavish it impacted the local economy. Musa would gift everyone in his path with gold which eventually led to the devaluing of gold due to its abundance. After inflation, it is said his net worth would be estimated at 500 billion dollars today.

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