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According to the author what evidence is there that Mansa Miss was a powerful and wealthy monarch
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The flow of sub-Saharan gold to the northeast probably occurred in a steady but small stream. Mansa Musa's arrival in Cairo carrying a ton of the metal (1324-25) caused the market in gold to
crash, suggesting that the average supply was not as great. Undoubtedly, some of this African gold was also used in Western gold coins. African gold was indeed so famous worldwide that a Spani
map of 1375 represents the king of Mali holding a gold nugget. When Mossi raids destroyed the Mali empire, the rising Songhai empire relied on the same resources. Gold remained the principal
product in the trans-Saharan trade, followed by kola nuts and slaves. The Moroccan scholar Leo Africans, who visited Songhai in 1510 and 1513, observed that the governor of Timbuktu oned
many articles of gold, and that the coin of Timbuktu was made of gold without any stamp or superscription.
Mansa Musa inherited a kingdom that was already wealthy, but his work in expanding trade made Mali the wealthiest kingdom in Africa. His riches came from mining significant salt and gold deposits in the Mali kingdom. Elephant ivory was another major source of wealth.
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