Ashanti Empire

Not to be confused with Ashanti Region.

Ashanti Empire Asanteman  (Asante Twi)
1670/1701–1902 1935–1957
National emblem
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
• 1999–present (Ashanti region absolute monarchy national state within Ghana)	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
• State union	Present
Area
[3]	259,000 km^2 (100,000 sq mi)
Population
•	3,000,000
Currency	Gold dust Cowry shell (shell currency)
Preceded by Succeeded by Denkyira Bonoman Ashanti (Crown Colony) Ghana
Today part of	Ghana Ivory Coast Togo

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.

References

1. Edgerton, Robert B. Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred Year War for Africa's Gold Coast. Free Press, 1995.
2. Ashanti Order in Council 1901.
3. Iliffe, John (1995). Africans: The History of a Continent. Cambridge University Press. p. 143. ISBN 9780521484220.