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Mansa Musa Was Born a Royal Afterthought — Then Flooded Cairo With Gold

Born around 1280 as a distant heir in the Mali Empire's Keita dynasty, Mansa Musa inherited the throne only after his brother sailed into the Atlantic and vanished — then stunned the medieval world by distributing so much gold in Cairo that its value collapsed for a decade. The post Mansa Musa Was Born a Royal Afterthought — Then Flooded Cairo With Gold appeared first on History Collection.
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HistoryCollection.com broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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