Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

  • cedeho@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    King Mansu Musa was incredibly rich and when he went on hajj to mecca he spent much of his gold in Egypt causing a massive inflation. On his way back to Mali this has caused him needing to spend much more this time on his route through Egypt which is why he needed loans from merchants.

    Dunno if this could be considered a big loss?

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