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Facts

Also Known As Ashanti empire
Date 1701 - 1900

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Map of Africa highlighting the location of the historical Asante Empire in orange, centered in present-day Ghana and extending into parts of Cote d'Ivoire and Togo in West Africa. The rest of the continent is shown in gray for context, with major bodies of water and surrounding regions labeled.
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Kumasi: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Kumasi
Ghana
World map showing the British Empire at its greatest extent, with the United Kingdom highlighted in red and its global holdings in pink, including Canada, Australia, India, large parts of Africa, and numerous islands and territories across the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Areas that left the empire before 1939 are shaded green, and territories added between 1901 and 1939 are shaded purple.
British Empire
historical state, United Kingdom
Akan states, western Africa
Akan states
historical region, West Africa
Ghana
Ghana
country, Africa

Key People

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Okomfo Anokye
Asante priest
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
British field marshal
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Osei Tutu
king of Asante empire
Thomas Edward Bowdich, engraving after a painting by William Derby.
Thomas Edward Bowdich
British science writer