Ashanti Empire

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kingdom pre-colonial African empire state

The Ashanti Empire was a powerful pre-colonial West African state centered in present-day Ghana, renowned for its military strength, wealth from gold, and sophisticated political and cultural institutions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Asante Empire	1
Ashanti city-states	1
royal courts of Ashanti	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	kingdom ⓘ pre-colonial African empire ⓘ state ⓘ
artForm	gold weights ⓘ stools and regalia ⓘ
capital	Kumasi ⓘ
coFounder	Okomfo Anokye ⓘ
colonizedBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
coreTerritory	present-day Ghana ⓘ
culturalPractice	Akwasidae festival ⓘ elaborate royal funerals ⓘ
currency	gold ⓘ
economicBase	gold trade ⓘ kola nut trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ
emergedFrom	Ashanti Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ashanti city-states
engagedInConflictWith	British Empire ⓘ Denkyira ⓘ Fante Confederacy ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
ethnicBase	Ashanti people ⓘ
export	gold ⓘ slaves ⓘ
founder	Osei Tutu I ⓘ
foundingMythObject	Golden Stool ⓘ
governmentType	centralized state ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
import	alcohol ⓘ firearms ⓘ textiles ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Gold Coast Colony ⓘ surface form: Gold Coast colony
knownFor	art and goldsmithing ⓘ complex bureaucracy ⓘ kente cloth ⓘ military strength ⓘ rich cultural traditions ⓘ road network ⓘ sophisticated political institutions ⓘ wealth from gold ⓘ
language	Twi ⓘ
languageFamily	Akan language ⓘ surface form: Akan languages
legalSystem	customary law ⓘ
locatedIn	West Africa ⓘ
militaryOrganization	professional warriors ⓘ standing army ⓘ
politicalSystem	federation of chiefdoms ⓘ
predecessorState	Denkyira ⓘ surface form: Denkyira state
religion	Akan traditional religion ⓘ ancestor worship ⓘ
rulerTitle	Asantehene ⓘ
significantEvent	Anglo-Ashanti Wars ⓘ War of the Golden Stool ⓘ defeat of Denkyira at the Battle of Feyiase ⓘ
socialStructure	matrilineal clans ⓘ
startDate	c. 1701 ⓘ
stateIdeology	sacred kingship ⓘ
successorState	Ashanti Region ⓘ surface form: Ashanti Region of Ghana Ghana ⓘ surface form: Republic of Ghana
symbol	Golden Stool ⓘ
tradePartners	European merchants on the Gold Coast ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

kente cloth → associatedWith → Ashanti Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: royal courts of Ashanti

Ashanti Empire → emergedFrom → Ashanti Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ashanti city-states

West Africa → hadHistoricEmpire → Ashanti Empire ⓘ

Akan people → historicalKingdom → Ashanti Empire ⓘ

Scramble for Africa → involves → Ashanti Empire ⓘ

Dutch Gold Coast → tradingPartner → Ashanti Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asante Empire