Ashanti Empire
former Akan empire centered around modern day Ghana
Key facts
- Status
- State union with Ghana
- Capital
- Kumasi
- Common languages
- Asante ( Twi ) ( official ), Hausa , Dyula
- Religion
- Akan religion
- Demonym
- Asantefoɔ
- Government
- Constitutional elective monarchy
- 1670 1717 first
- Osei Tutu
- 1888 1896 13th
- Prempeh I
- 1931 1957 last
- Prempeh II
- 1999 present national state within ghana
- Osei Tutu II
- Legislature
- Asante Kotoko (Council of Kumasi) and the Asantemanhyiamu (National Assembly)
- Earliest evidence of human occupation at
- 700 BCE
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Today part of Ghana Ivory Coast Togo
The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), also known as the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana and also parts of Ivory Coast and Togo. Due to the empire's military prowess, wealth, architecture, sophisticated hierarchy, trade networks and culture, the Asante Empire has been extensively studied and has more historic records written by European, primarily British, authors than any other indigenous culture of sub-Saharan Africa.
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