Richest Man to Ever Live
Emperor Mansa Musa I, an African king from the late 13th century, is considered the richest person to ever live, with an estimated net worth of $400 billion, according to www.celebritynetworth.com, above the noted Sam Walton, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates combined wealth.
wow.
The only thing that wasn't considered was the heirs.
who cares about his net worth during those times, it sure didn't filter down to the country population back then or now.
that last picture is Mecca, why didn't they show current pictures of mali? possibly because of civil war poverty.
It did filter down. You obviously didn't read it.
…or better yet. Let's talk about AFRICOM and the "Economic Hitmen" who worked day and night to destabilize and destroy the unity on the continent. All the data is available. who caused the Civil War and who is the source of the poverty. We've got to be more critical in our analysis of cause and effect
and furthermore every civilized people list up the great historical tradition is to inspire those to move beyond new heights. When is the last time you heard a Jewish person say forget the Holocaust or Japanese person say forget Hiroshima Or Nagasaki. the enemies of your and my success realize how important imagery is to the development of young minds and the growth of a civilization. That's why your images are destroyed and his are enhanced In every from media. if the entire historical frame of reference of a people can be destroyed then what will you look to as inspiration and hope and a measure of what we can accomplish if there is no history to show that it ever existed?Conscience is the new black.
and furthermore every civilized people list up the great historical tradition is to inspire those to move beyond new heights. When is the last time you heard a Jewish person say forget the Holocaust or Japanese person say forget Hiroshima Or Nagasaki. the enemies of your and my success realize how important imagery is to the development of young minds and the growth of a civilization. That's why your images are destroyed and his are enhanced In every from media. if the entire historical frame of reference of a people can be destroyed then what will you look to as inspiration and hope and a measure of what we can accomplish if there is no history to show that it ever existed?Conscience is the new black.
What are you talking about?
as below….it s just confusing if you do nt know.
I do Care! If there's 'nothing' to loot, Foreign invaders wont be coming in the 1st Place – do u agree Shawn Mc? The European Super Powers then ensured that Our History and Cultural Heritages are eroded…principally through Slavery! Do you know that in Nigeria today, History, Government, Social Studies are NO Longer taught in Schools? I was asking 9 Grader (Junior School 3) who was Chief Obafemi Awolowo (his picture is in our 100NGN Note) the poor student did not know anything about the founding father of Free Education Policy – That most politicians do lay claims to today! Surprised! I asked 10 other ones – I think u can get the result? But did u know they know who's Obama?
I do Care! If there's 'nothing' to loot, Foreign invaders wont be coming in the 1st Place – do u agree Shawn Mc? The European Super Powers then ensured that Our History and Cultural Heritages are eroded…principally through Slavery! Do you know that in Nigeria today, History, Government, Social Studies are NO Longer taught in Schools? I was asking 9 Grader (Junior School 3) who was Chief Obafemi Awolowo (his picture is in our 100NGN Note) the poor student did not know anything about the founding father of Free Education Policy – That most politicians do lay claims to today! Surprised! I asked 10 other ones – I think u can get the result? But did u know they know who's Obama?
King Solomon was worth trillions!
your smart!
Michael Brown I NEVER heard a japanese person talk about hiroshima, not saying it never happens I just never hear them come on tv wanting to have discussions about it or wanting people to make movies and feel sorry for them.
japan is a super power with and incredible position in the world as a leader in the creation of technology, a feat they establish in 50 years after hiroshima.
jewish people used the holocaust as inspiration to become people of power in many fields, their religion and family structure forced parent to expect the best out there kids that's why there are so many lawyers and doctors of jewish faith, they are asre also in other fields too that acquire personal from the best schools.
Michael Brown we were on that track after slavery, so many successful black people kicked open the door during jim crow and showed excellence but now we seem to be at a point of sympathy wanting.
we are envious of others because we have not took advantage of the opportunities in front of us and everyone else has, we have over 10,000 books on the problem of white racism and not enough on industrialization, engineering, science, architecture, math and business.
we have books on Africa during BC to make us feel like kings and we live as paupers in current times.
we should all use the past for inspiration but we should not use the past to wallow in misery and try to live our life through the eyes or a slave.
while your looking back technology has just advanced forward, make sure your not left behind.
I don't know a lot about black culture, but at least I want to learn…
He was good Muslim
Ruben Marin those people he hired were outsiders, Mansa Musa ruled from 1312 to 1337 and in 1324-25 he made his famous pilgrimage to Makkah [Hajj]. When he returned from his pilgrimage, he brought with him a large number of Muslim scholars and architects who built five mosques for the first time with baked bricks.
my friend by the 1400 century the empire of mali was over, rebellions seized previous conquered cities, people were tired of being subjects and mali neighbors started to harass the over lords.
there is no nation on earth that shared all their wealth with their people, usually that wealth was gained on the backs of people and through bloodshed, this idea that african kingdoms were so pure and giving is utterly bull with no proof to back it up.
By about 1550 Mali had ceased to be important as a political entity and that wealth gained centuries earlier does not affect the people today, Mali is an extremely poor place to live if your not connected to the government,
Abu Mansur those people he hired were outsiders, Mansa Musa ruled from 1312 to 1337 and in 1324-25 he made his famous pilgrimage to Makkah [Hajj]. When he returned from his pilgrimage, he brought with him a large number of Muslim scholars and architects who built five mosques for the first time with baked bricks.
my friend by the 1400 century the empire of mali was over, rebellions seized previous conquered cities, people were tired of being subjects and mali neighbors started to harass the over lords.
there is no nation on earth that shared all their wealth with their people, usually that wealth was gained on the backs of people and through bloodshed, this idea that african kingdoms were so pure and giving is utterly bull with no proof to back it up.
By about 1550 Mali had ceased to be important as a political entity and that wealth gained centuries earlier does not affect the people today, Mali is an extremely poor place to live if your not connected to the governmen.
Lyon Israel Taiwo who fault is that, european super powers or a corrupt inept school system.
" If there's 'nothing' to loot, Foreign invaders wont be coming in the 1st Place ".
its always been a barter system on this earth, no one needs to loot if your trading with them for something that you value, lets not play naive about this system of bartering and capitalism.
King Solomon was black
Shawn Mc Are you still hating and perpetuating that slave mentality you suffer from? Read a few books on the subject and then speak. Masjid Sankore is one of the oldest Universities in the world and it was built before Mansa Musa. When he brought those so called scholars back to Timbuktu, they decided to go back to school because the people in Timbuktu were so much more advanced. Chihab Al Umari and Ibn Khaldun all wrote about Mali. Have you read what they wrote? Ibn Battuta and Leo Africanus visited Mali and wrote that crime was non existent and that Mali was one of the safest places in the world. and the people valued books more than gold. You cannot make logical deductions when you haven't read about the place from primary sources. Those are called assumptions. The books are translated into English, for you. I also suggest a book called "Black Skins, White Masks." Read that people and you will perhaps learn about the cause and effect of your self hate. More importantly, if you love your colonial masters so much and value Eurocentric though and definition so much then go comment on their sites with all that negativity.
Apache OK some how you created an alternative history, I guess facts and sources aren't needed anymore in your alternative history of Mali.
" Masjid Sankore is one of the oldest Universities in the world and it was built before Mansa Musa."
all account state the mosque was built during the 14 century.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/119
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/596022/Timbuktu
"When he brought those so called scholars back to Timbuktu, they decided to go back to school because the people in Timbuktu were so much more advanced".
im not sure where to begin with such a bold lie, it doesn't even make sense, you have no proof of this and wouldn't be able to site a source so it's no need to go further.
Apache OK Ibn Battuta and Leo Africanus visited Mali and wrote that crime was non existent and that Mali was one of the safest places in the world. and the people valued books more than gold.
site your sources because Batulla just stated that The negroes possess some admirable qualities. They are seldom unjust, and have a greater abhorrence of injustice than any other people. Their sultan shows no mercy to anyone who is guilty of the least act of it. There is complete security in their country. Neither traveller nor inhabitant in it has anything to fear from robbers or men of violence. They do not confiscate the property of any white man who dies in their country, even if it be uncounted wealth. On the contrary, they give it into the charge of some trustworthy person among the whites, until the rightful heir takes possession of it.
The Red Skin Traders from Europe (White Man) those days they use to call them Red Skin use to trade with African Traders but their Kings and the European traders became Jealous of the Wealth of the Africans…………and betrayed and started to cause mischief among the African leaders and caused civil wars and soon conquered the warring African Countries and used misguided Africans to Enslave our Brothers and Sisters and brought into the Western World. But the Most of us know now a Singular Language but back then the lest uneducated African was Multi-Lingual and Languages was easy for US…..hence the reason they needed for us to speak a Singular Language……..Average Africans could of spoken least 13 – 52 languages. Are you more or less educated now? We came here already as Muslims and believing in the Torah, Quran and Gospel but they stole the identity of Our God and gave us our God as their God with a Different Colour. @Shawn Mc take your time and learn your True History before jumping to Conclusions……..There are lots of Lies in the History and Religion being taught. For Instance the Bible Speaks about the true Israelites who were of African Descent but your first Mental image is of a white man ( you are Brian Washed) the Bible is really about you and I. My Brother learn about yourself the truth about yourself….Love yourself because you are Chosen from God (Ancestor of African Slave).
Lyon Israel Taiwo The Education System needs to change……so the Generations of us would not be Lost as of Today.
Oba Quincy africa is a continent so which nation are you talking about, you cant just say africa when you have hundreds of tribes, various ethnic groups and countries that wasn't formed yet.
if we were muslim when we came here we would of been speaking the language then, not everyone was muslim during that period in those nations. west africa still had hundreds of tribes.
Shawn Mc You are not interested in facts. You are interested in promoting your Eurocentric version of reality to the world. Hence, all your sources are from Europeans. Read what the people of Timbuktu have to say about when the University was built. According to Timbuktu Educational Foundation – Retrieved online March 23, 2009, "The foundations of the previous structure were laid around 988 A.D. on the orders of the city's chief judge Al-Qadi Aqib ibn Mahmud ibn Umar. A local Mandinka lady, esteemed for her wealth, financed his plans to turn Sankoré into a world class learning institution…He had the Mosque's courtyard built to the exact dimensions of the Ka'abah in Mecca, using a rope for precise measurements." Read a book and read both sides. Do your Eurocentric values permit you to read about indigenous people or Africans from their own sources. Well, here is wikipedia for you:
"The level of learning at Timbuktu's Sankoré University was superior to that of all other Islamic centers in the world." This University was superior to that of all your Universities in Europe as well.
Shawn Mc You said all sources. All Eurocentric sources you mean. Read a book. Travel, talk with people from Mali. Oh, their accounts aren't valid though because it didn't come from a European. Typical from Eurocentrics and their supporters.
Shawn Mc You really aren't too bright are you? You just cited a passage from Ibn Battuta that proved my point. I cited my sources. Go back in read them in English, because you can't read the originals in Arabic. The Eurocentrics didn't teach you to learn another language than the colonial language did they? Another proof that your perspectives are severly limited and distorted because you can only "fact" check in English. You're a joke and until you read a book you are relegated to jester status. Black Skin, White Masks, the book, is translated for all of you Eurocentrics. Again, read.
What you so mad about @Shawn Mc? Learn YOUR history and STFU. Glory comes and goes, Europe was plague infested then and became a world power 5 centuries later, and recently its the US and tomorrow China, so goes life a cycle.
Apache OK your not a smart guy, according to your timbuktufoundation Al-Qadi Aqib ibn Mahmud ibn Umar was a politician , died in 1627 and he was 71, of course the links are outdated and have been closed for some time.
im not sure but it was either a deliberate attempt to create an alternative history and story by swapping Aqit for Aqib or just poor scholarship.
factual information is that in 1498 askiya muhammad a senior commander in Sonni army appointed Mahmud ibn Umar Aqit as Qadi.
Apache OK you might try doing your own research instead of relying on anyone spoon fed information because you have NO sources at all,
was this the book your read,
The Complete Concise History of the Slave Trade.
By Olayanju Olajide.
give me your sources for the malinka lady or is that just a secret only afrocentrics are privy to.
i love getting your information and researching it just to debunk them in your face, keep them coming.
Apache OK you might try doing your own research instead of relying on anyone spoon fed information because you have NO sources at all,
was this the book your read,
The Complete Concise History of the Slave Trade.
By Olayanju Olajide.
give me your sources for the malinka lady or is that just a secret only afrocentrics are privy to.
i love getting your information and researching it just to debunk them in your face, keep them coming.
Apache OK I gave you the exact quote from batuula and you gave me your interpretation, I could care less of your interpretation considering your a nobody.
you have no sources, if you want I can find your bullshit sources and show you how stupid they are, is this one of yours.
http://www.timbuktuheritage.org/timhistory.html
Bokar B. Ture that's not my history,
Why you have a Personal Hate for your Own history……..Try and debunk the History which is given to you by your Slave Master and you will find that at every angle about African civilization you have been lied too. For Example to have Us believing that Christ is White by False Images and NEGROS defend this Ideology. The information you are receiving about present Africa is accurate…."No". If you compare Western World to the Eastern World it have a lot of information which is skewed and given to us. Search our History and don't judge it from misinformation and Lies. Your Ancestor are the True Israelites and our Identity was Stolen and re-package and given to Us. The Slavery we have suffered is Prophesized…….
Jer 30:2 "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3 The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their forefathers to possess,' says the LORD."
Jer 31:10 "Hear the word of the LORD, O nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: 'He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over his flock like a shepherd."
Jer 33:7 "I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and will rebuild them as they were before."
Shawn Mc you are an Israelite…….Special afflictions were Promised and Special Salvations were Promised…….Understand Yourself and Love Yourself by Loving your Ancestors.
Good read
Good read
Shawn Mc What's your history? Napoleon? Buy yourself gallons of bleaching cream if you want to erase the beautiful skin and HERITAGE God gave you. Mental slavery got you shackled! There was no such thing as a African-American during that time, most of your ancestors were in Africa, like it or not!
Bokar B. Ture I agree that my ancestors are from west africa but I don't agree that I'm some how connected to every african solely because of skin color, that's as ignorant as a eurocentric screaming the same racist dogma.
culture and tradition is more important factors for groups than color. man evolves through personal experiences, my experiences begun on theses shores.
my culture and tradition is as different to an african as theirs are to mine yet I respect the african immensely, I seen many african immigrants come to these shores, take advantage of the opportunities and become very successful, I truly wish more young AA people would be that disciplined and dedicated but due to a life full of opportunities they lack those traits.
Shawn Mc African-American culture derives its grounding, morals and customs from Africa. All those things that make it different from "mainstream" American culture, be it "black" music, food, religion (surely white churches are totally different from black churches), etc. It didn't get created from thin air, it was simply transported and adapted. Only the effects of "slave mentality" would make you ashamed of that.
Bokar B. Ture I'm not sure you have an understanding of culture, morals or traditions, influences are everywhere and its no doubt that african traditions has has some influence on AA culture but so have cultures from all over the globe who AA interacted with be it negative or positive.
your experiences create the man you are thus evolving to the person you are today just like culture., traditions and morals.
native africans have evolved through their experiences to who they are today, no one stays the same, many africans are christians and muslims now and don't practice their ancient religions,.
when was the last time you saw a south african walk around with garb resembling shakka zulu? its because they evolved, they could've continues wearing traditional garb but they changed.
Bokar B. Ture the Dogon Tribe is as different traditionally and culturally than the Dinka, the Maasai is different in every way to the Pygmies.
wow that's a really interesting position stating you created a group current identity, I guess now AA have stolen its culture from the native africans.
I knew this was going to happen, once we keep going down that road of ignorance and racism disguised as afrocentrism history will keep being distorted.
i guess now africans created egyption, japanese, chinese, vietnamese, mexican, irish, roman, greek, native american, caribbean american and now African american culture.
Queen Makeda a.k.a Queen of Sheba was richer than King Solomon, infact the present she brought him was more than he ever had. Go and read "The Kebra Nagast Glory of Kings.
Finally, euros can stop claiming the Mediterranean, its obvious Mansa Musa and the very melanin people were there govern these lands in 1200 AD -1300 AD from ancient times…somehow many euros get their calendars confused with the time frame or eras…as Tunka Manin was a rich ruler of Ghana in 1062 AD, while euros were fighting each other during their dark ages…which didnt end until the slave-trade 1492 AD. Well, i’m sure you know the rest from there..
Fuck him he was a slave trader selling Africans why was that not mentioned?
He was a deluded arse hole trying to buy his way into the islamic whore house in the sky and sucking up to his arab masters
Fuck him, and c**ts like him.
I never heard of him, but have my doubts to the veracity. Considering that slavery existed in Mali as late as 1981, and the country today is a rat hole of poverty, ignorance and disease, this might just be another myth of "the great African civilization" we are told about but probably never existed.
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Why was King Solomon described as having skin like ivory if he was black?
Song of Solomon:
" My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. "
You wish! looking at Greece today I would have never guessed their ancient civilisation dummy.
C'mon William Aiello, be pragmatic. Your comment shows a low level of objective insight and fundamental intelligence. There's documented proof for all to see. Is it too hard for your suprimist mind to imagine that the richest person of all time was from "a rat hole of poverty, ignorance and disease,"-place like Africa. I feel so sorry for people like you. Wake up, mate, we are all humans. You are no bit superior to anyone anywhere, just as you aren't inferior.
Emmanuel Oritseweyinmi Stop trying to reason with a devil
This truth has been hidden from us because he is a black man,and today,check out the history of treasures looters around the world;the jews,Romans;Americans in the name of VISA LOTTERY.they were paraded as the brains around the world ,who surround themselvess with looted treasures yet the history of the world ever richest man is kept silent.They say we know too much but they can take away what they dont have from us.AFRICA IS NEXT WHETHER THE WORLD LIKES IT OR NOT.peace……
Africa became a rat hole as soon as the rats from Europe came to its shores.
The fact that there are Illuminati people recruiting on this website proves the End Times are near. African americans are getting closer and closer to the truth of our history and the wicked people want us to be distracted by the "new world order". So we stay clueless and reced from God. But Jesus is the way to him and you can't let anyone or anything deflect you from God's path for you.
and it's poverty exist because some greedy folks went over schemed and stole from them, lied to some to get a foot hole and then decieved others, just like it's happening today, nothing new under the Sun
The fact that you are disregarding the Illuminati is great but that stuff about Jesus? Mansa Musa was a Muslim
nonsense..what is this kebra nagast shit
Outstaunding and great… All Hail Africa… Mother of All Nations
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