Ashanti Empire
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The Ashanti Empire (also spelled Asante) was an Akan empire and kingdom in what is now modern-day Ghana from 1670 to 1957. The Ashanti Empire expanded from Ashanti to include the Brong-Ahafo Region, Central Region, Eastern Region, Greater Accra Region and Western Region of present-day Ghana. Due to the empire's military prowess, wealth, architecture, sophisticated hierarchy and culture, the Ashanti Kingdom has been extensively studied and has more historiographies by European, primarily British, authors than any other indigenous culture of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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See also
- African military systems (1800–1900)
- African military systems after 1900
- African military systems to 1800
- Akyempimhene
- Anglo-Ashanti wars
- Ashantis
- History of Ghana
- List of rulers of Asante
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