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...
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The Ashanti Empire was governed by an elected monarch with its political power centralised. The entire government was a federation. By the 19th century...
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The Economy of the Ashanti Empire was largely a pre-industrial and agrarian economy. The Ashanti established different procedures for mobilizing state...
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The political organization of the historical Ashanti Empire was characterized by stools which denoted "offices" that were associated with a particular...
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The Anglo-Ashanti wars were a series of five conflicts that took place between 1824 and 1900 between the Ashanti Empire—in the Akan interior of the Gold...
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were built by the Ashanti Empire to connect the capital with cities north and south of the empire starting from the 18th century. Ashanti roads were supervised...
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The Ashanti Empire was an Akan empire and kingdom from 1701 to 1957, in modern-day Ghana. The military of the Ashanti Empire first came into formation...
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List of rulers of Asante (redirect from King of the Ashanti)
the monarch of the historical Ashanti Empire as well as the ceremonial ruler of the Ashanti people today. The Ashanti royal house traces its line to...
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Asante people (redirect from Ashantis)
language. The Asante people developed the Ashanti Empire, along the Lake Volta and Gulf of Guinea. The empire was founded in 1670, and the capital Kumase...
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Look up Ashanti in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ashanti may refer to: Ashanti people, an ethnic group in West Africa Ashanti Empire, a pre-colonial...
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The Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807) was a war fought between the Ashanti Empire and the Fante Confederacy in the region of what is currently the Republic...
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Kumasi (redirect from Kumasi Ashantis)
the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. Kumasi is approximately 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of the Equator...
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Okomfo Anokye (category People from the Ashanti Empire)
the first priest (Okomfo) of the Ashanti Empire. Anokye is known for his participation in the expansion of the empire. He was also the codifier of the...
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Political history of Ghana (section Ashanti Empire)
were centralized states, Non-centralized groups and Theocracies. The Ashanti Empire was created from a confederacy of several chiefdoms and united as a...
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Ashanti was a British Crown Colony in West Africa from 1902 until its independence as part of the dominion named Ghana in 1957. After several prior wars...
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War of the Golden Stool (redirect from Ashanti Uprising)
the series of conflicts between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire (later Ashanti Region), an autonomous state in West Africa that fractiously...
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List of conflicts in Ghana (section Ashanti Empire)
– c. 1701 Independence of the Ashanti Empire 1701 Battle of Feyiase c. 1675 – c. 1701 Independence of the Ashanti Empire 1701 Battle of Feyiase 1652–1784...
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Douglas. Ashanti's mother named her after the Ashanti Empire in Ghana; in this nation, women had power and influence, and Tina wanted Ashanti to follow...
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Yaa Asantewaa (category Ashanti independence activists)
October 17, 1840 – October 17, 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was appointed by her brother Nana...
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Majesty the King of the Ashanti (or National Emblem of Ashanti) is the national emblem of the Ashanti nation, adopted by the Ashanti King Asantehene Osei...
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History of Kumasi (section Ashanti Empire)
capital of the Ashanti Empire. Although various oral sources differ on the origin of Kumasi, majority agree it emerged as the capital of Ashanti under Osei...
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The Ashanti–Akim–Akwapim War, also known as the Ashanti Invasion of the Gold Coast, was the expansion of West African Empire of Ashanti against the alliance...
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Bureaucracy (section Ashanti Empire)
Ashanti Empire was built upon a sophisticated bureaucracy in Kumasi, with separate ministries which saw to the handling of state affairs. Ashanti's Foreign...
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There are more than 80 Senior Secondary schools in Ashanti. Some are; Africa portal Lists portal Schools portal Education in Ghana List of Senior High...
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Prempeh I (category People from the Ashanti Empire)
of the Ashanti Empire and the Oyoko Abohyen Dynasty. King Prempeh I ruled from March 26, 1888 until his death in 1931, and fought an Ashanti war against...
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Early history of Ghana (section Ashanti Empire)
Coast. By the 20th century, the British Empire had colonized the entire region after annexing the Ashanti Empire in the War of the Golden Stool. The oldest...
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The Ashanti flag is the flag of the Ashanti people. It depicts the Golden Stool (Ashanti: Sika' dwa), the throne of the Asantehene. In the early 1950s...
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century. The Ashanti Empire and other Akan kingdoms in the south emerged over the centuries. Beginning in the 15th century, the Portuguese Empire, followed...
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Osei Kwadwo was the 4th Asantehene of the Ashanti Empire who reigned from 1764 to 1777. Osei Kwadwo was elected in replacement of Kusi Obodom who was removed...
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Umbrella (section Ashanti Empire)
over the figure of a god carried in procession. The exact date when the Ashanti began using umbrellas is uncertain. However, in the 1800s, the Amanhene...
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