Ashanti Empire

State · 1702–1897 CE · at its largest around 1762 CE

An Akan state in what is now Ghana, built around Kumasi and the Golden Stool, which dominated regional trade until British conquest after a series of Anglo-Ashanti wars.

On its lands while it lasted

• Ashanti Empire (1701–1901 CE): Akan state founded by Osei Tutu with its capital at Kumasi, which grew wealthy on gold and trade and resisted British expansion in a series of wars.

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