trezor.io
Rate this file (Rating : 5 / 5 with 1 votes)
Golden Porsche
trezor.io

Golden Porsche

The Mali Empire in Africa was famed throughout the old world for its large amounts of gold. Mansa Musa, ruler of the empire (1312–1337) became famous throughout the old world for his great hajj to Mecca in 1324. When he passed through Cairo in July 1324, he was reportedly accompanied by a camel train that included thousands of people and nearly a hundred camels. He gave away so much gold that it depressed the price in Egypt for over a decade. A contemporary Arab historian remarked:
Gold was at a high price in Egypt until they came in that year. The mithqal did not go below 25 dirhams and was generally above, but from that time its value fell and it cheapened in price and has remained cheap till now. The mithqal does not exceed 22 dirhams or less. This has been the state of affairs for about twelve years until this day by reason of the large amount of gold which they brought into Egypt and spent there ...
—Chihab Al-Umari
The European exploration of the Americas was fueled in no small part by reports of the gold ornaments displayed in great profusion by Native American peoples, especially in Central America, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. The Aztecs regarded gold as literally the product of the gods, calling it "god excrement" (teocuitlatl in Nahuatl).

File information
Filename:154732.jpg
Album name:Transport
Rating (1 votes):55555
Keywords:#golden #porsche
Filesize:73 KiB
Date added:May 27, 2009
Dimensions:790 x 593 pixels
Displayed:33 times
URL:displayimage.php?pid=154732
Favorites:Add to Favorites