Polity · 1702 CE – 1897 CE
Ashanti Empire
- Peak recorded area
- 187,029 km²
- 1762 CE
- Rulers on record
- 2
- from 1750 CE
- Data series
- 18
- 1702 CE–1874 CE
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.
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Territory
35 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1897 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop | 13.5Kpersons1702 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population | 3Mpersons1874 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 3.2score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 0.5score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Battle Count | 1battles1873 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Losses | 1battles lost1873 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Military Levels | 6levels1702 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Sophistication | 0.75score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Territory km² | 259Ksq km1874 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 6levels1702 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 4levels1702 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.41score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 5.33score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 0.6154score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.4083score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop | 4.26score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels | 4score1800 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Rulers
2 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- AkyaamaAsantehemaa1750 CE – 1777 CE
- Konadu YaadomAsantehemaa1778 CE – 1809 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Ashanti Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.