This is the richest man in human history (Photo)

 When we talk about the richest people in the world, everyone thinks of names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett or John D. Rockefeller.

But when we talk about the richest person in human history it's another name whose dagger completely eclipses Bill Gates' wealth, Warren Buffet and John D. Rockefeller gets along.

Mansa Moussa is the emperor of the mountain empire, who lived in the thirteenth century.

He is the world's most famous ruler outside Africa. His pilgrimship in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in 1324 introduced him to rulers in the Middle East and Europe.

His leadership in Mali, a country that stretched into two thousand miles from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad and that included all parts of the modern nations of Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad, provided decades of peace and prosperity in West Africa.

After his predecessor, Abu Bakr II, died in 1312, Moses became emperor. When he was crowned, his name was given Mansa, which means the king. Mansa Musa had Arabic knowledge and was traditionally described Muslim, broadcast Humanheyday.com.

He became the first Muslim ruler in West Africa to make the trip of nearly four thousand miles to Mecca. Preparation for the expedition took years and involved the work of artisans in many of the cities of Mali. In 1324 Moses began his pilgrimage with thousands of guards. He also brought considerable amounts of gold, which he distributed to people on the journey.

Accompanied by thousands of servants and supporters, Moses made generous donations to the poor and charitable organizations, as well as rulers of the lands that had passed through his suburbs. At its ban in Cairo, Egypt, the emperor gave so much gold that he created a brief decline in its value. Cairo's gold market returned after a decade later.

Upon returning from Mecca, Mansa Moussa brought Arab scholars, government bureaucratics, and architects. Among those who returned with him was architect Isaq El Teudjin, who presented advanced construction techniques in Mali. He created a large number of buildings for the emperor, including a new palace called Madagou, the mosque in Gao-town in Mali and the largest mosque in Timbuktu-the largest city in the empire. This glass was called Djiguèreber. El Teudjin's most famous designer was the emperor's chamber in the town of Maman, Nian.

Mansa Musa's pilgrim promoted Islamic education in Mali by adding mosques, libraries and universities. Moses ' awareness of other Islamic leaders brought trade and research, poets and artisans, making Timbuktu one of the major cities in the Islamic world during the time when the most advanced countries from Spain to Central India were Muslims. Timbuktu was clearly the center of sub-Saharian Islamic Africa, broadcasting Humanheyday.com.

Moses ' pilgrim in Mecca had Malia become the focus of attention from Europe. For the next two centuries, Italian, German, and Spanish cartographers produced maps of the world showing the mountain and often mentioned Mansa Musa. The first of these maps appeared in Italy in 1339.

Mansa Musa died in 1337 after twenty - five years of royal rule. He was followed by his son, Maghan I.