Significant1670 – 1750 · 80 years

Ashanti Wars

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Gold Coast · Ghana · West Africa

Estimated casualties

200Ksingle estimate · no range published

The Ashanti Empire rose to dominance in West Africa, conquering neighboring peoples and establishing a powerful kingdom. The Ashanti became major slave traders with European powers.

Belligerents3

Ashanti Empire
Fante
European traders

ON THE MAPAsante Empire

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Ashanti Wars (1670 – 1750). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/ashanti-wars-africa · Sources & methodology