Ashanti Empire
former Akan empire centered around modern day Ghana
The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), today commonly called 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.
Ashanti Empire Asanteman (Asante Twi) | |||||||||||||
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 Map of the Ashanti Empire | |||||||||||||
| Status | State union | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Kumasi | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Ashanti (Twi) (official) | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Initially Akan religion, later also Christianity | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
• 1670–1717 (first) | Osei Tutu | ||||||||||||
• 1888–1896 (13th) | Prempeh I | ||||||||||||
• 1931–1957 (last) | Prempeh II | ||||||||||||
| Osei Tutu II | |||||||||||||
| Legislature | Asante Kotoko (Council of Kumasi)[1] and the Asantemanhyiamu (National Assembly) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1701 | ||||||||||||
• Independence from Denkyira | 1701 | ||||||||||||
• Annexed to form a British colony named Ashanti | 1901[2] | ||||||||||||
• Self-rule | 1935 | ||||||||||||
• State union as Ashanti Region with Ghana | 1957 | ||||||||||||
| Present | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
| [3] | 259,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ghana
Ivory Coast Togo | ||||||||||||
References
change- ↑ Edgerton, Robert B. Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred Year War for Africa's Gold Coast. Free Press, 1995.
- ↑ Ashanti Order in Council 1901.
- ↑ Iliffe, John (1995). Africans: The History of a Continent. Cambridge University Press. p. 143. ISBN 9780521484220.