When Marvel announced in 2014 that they would begin production on a Black Panthermovie, the news was met with the same kind of hype as an Air Jordan release. Not only would black people get a taste of ...

King Mansa Musa wasn’t just the 1% of the 14th century — he may be the richest person of all time. As the obscure ruler of West Africa’s Mali Empire, Musa amassed a jaw-dropping $400 billion during ...

Mansa Musa was the fourteenth-century king of the West African Mali Empire. He is known for his legendary pilgrimage to Mecca, during which he is said to have brought an enormous amount of wealth to ...

The list of wealthiest people are often names that we come across daily but if we dig deeper into world history there are people who have walked the earth’s surface with unimaginable wealth that ...

African King Musa Keita I is thought to be the richest person of all time — "richer than anyone could describe," reports Time. Literally. His fortune was incomprehensible, Time's Jacob Davidson writes ...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires' list released this week. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in ...

My students are often puzzled why they must study history. To them it seems unimportant — an unending listing of dead facts. If this were true, history would be pointless. But our past can help us ...

Mansa Musa travelled to Mecca with a caravan of 60,000 men and 12,000 slaves Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires' list released this ...