Ashanti Kingdom

E561828
empire kingdom pre-colonial African state

The Ashanti Kingdom is a historic West African empire centered in present-day Ghana, renowned for its powerful centralized monarchy, rich gold resources, and influential Ashanti culture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Asante Kingdom 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf empire ⓘ
kingdom ⓘ
pre-colonial African state ⓘ
architectureStyle traditional Ashanti architecture ⓘ
capital Kumasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounder Okomfo Anokye NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culturalHeritage Adinkra symbols NERFINISHED ⓘ
kente cloth NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice matrilineal succession ⓘ
currency gold ⓘ
dissolvedBy British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn gold trade ⓘ
kola nut trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
endTime 1902 ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition Akan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ashanti people NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder Osei Tutu I NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
heritageSite Asante Traditional Buildings NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Ashanti culture ⓘ
centralized monarchy ⓘ
gold resources ⓘ
military strength ⓘ
language Asante Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem customary law ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCity Kumasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryConflict Anglo-Ashanti Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Gold Coast (British colony) NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
politicalStructure federation of chiefdoms under Asantehene ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
region forest zone of modern Ghana ⓘ
religion Akan religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
rulerTitle Asantehene NERFINISHED ⓘ
sacredObject Golden Stool NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
c. 1670 ⓘ
successor Ashanti Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol Golden Stool NERFINISHED ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Fomena NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akwasidae festival → associatedWith → Ashanti Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asante Kingdom
Asantehene → associatedWithState → Ashanti Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asante Kingdom
Ashanti people → historicalState → Ashanti Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asante Kingdom
Ashanti Region → namedAfter → Ashanti Kingdom ⓘ
Adanwomase → traditionalAreaOf → Ashanti Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asante Kingdom