Hajj of Mansa Musa
Chroniclers say his gold sank its value in Cairo
Mali's ruler Mansa Musa made the pilgrimage to Mecca with a vast retinue and caravan of gold; chroniclers say his largesse in Cairo depressed the price of gold for years. Back home he built the Djinguereber Mosque, making Timbuktu a centre of learning.
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In 1324, Mansa Musa gave away so much gold in Cairo that its value fell. According to tradition, a year later Tenochtitlan was founded across the world.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- c. 1300 Onset of the Little Ice Age — 24 years earlier
- 1309–1377 Avignon Papacy — 15 years earlier
- 1315–1317 Great Famine — 9 years earlier
- 1337–1453 Hundred Years' War — 13 years later
- 1347–1351 Black Death — 23 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1337 Sergius of Radonezh founds his monastery — 13 years later
Americas
- c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — 1 year later
Alive at the time
- Marco Polo (aged 70)
- Osman I (aged 66)
- Mansa Musa (aged 44)
- Orhan (aged 43)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 36)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 36)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 20)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 19)
- Edward III (aged 12)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 10)