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Also Known As Ashanti empire
Date 1701 - 1900

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British Empire
British Empire
historical state, United Kingdom
Ghana
Ghana
Kumasi: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Kumasi
Ghana
Akan states, western Africa
Akan states
historical region, West Africa

Key People

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