Mansa Musa may have been the richest person in recorded history

Evidence

Mansa Musa, in 2015, was estimated by various historians to have been the richest individual in all of recorded history — wealthier than any modern billionaire, wealthier than any pharaoh, wealthier than any Caesar. — , A Year of World Stories, 4633

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the general theme on Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage — gold-market disruption, Catalan Atlas — and to the gap in Western curricula.
• QUESTION: The ‘richest ever’ claim is an inflation-adjusted estimate from media; worth checking the underlying methodology.