Tributary network · approximate1670 – 1896 · 226 years
Asante Empire
Overview
The Asante Empire, also known as 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. Due to the empire's military prowess, wealth, architecture, sophisticated hierarchy, trade networks and culture, the Asante Empire has been extensively studied and has more historic records written by European, primarily British, authors than any other indigenous culture of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Borders & accuracy
A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.
- SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
- DETAILhistorical-basemaps
- SNAPSHOT1800
- POLITY TYPEtributary
Wars of this empire14
Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.
- Asante–Denkyira War1699–1701World-changing
- Major conflict · 4.0K dead
- Ashanti Wars1670–1750Significant · 200K dead
- Asante–Akyem Wars1717–42Significant
- Asante–Gyaman Wars1739–1818Significant
- Fante–Asante Wars1806–23Significant
- Significant
- Significant
- Asante Conquest of Tekyiman1722–23Regional
- Asante–Dagomba War1744–45Regional
- Asante–Banda War1773–74Regional
- Regional
- Regional
- Regional
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Cite as: Asante Empire (1670 – 1896). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-asante-empire · Sources & methodology