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ID: 6000434
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6000434
Record Type:
administrative
Asante (Ashanti) (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 06 21 36 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 6.3600
decimal degrees
Long: 001 20 24 W
degrees minutes
Long: -1.3400
decimal degrees
Note:
State of West Africa in the 18th-19th centuries, located in what is now southern Ghana; was active in slave trade in 18th century; struggled for centuries against incorporation by Denkyera and other states; taken by British in 19th century.
Names:
Ashanti
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Ashanti empire
(
C
,
V
)
Asante
(
C
,
V
)
Asante empire
(
C
,
O
)
Asante (Ashanti)
(
C
,
U
,
English-P
)
אסנטה (אשנטי)
(
C
,
U
,
Hebrew
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Ghana
(nation) (
P
)
............
Asante
(Ashanti) (former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
historical region (
C
)
state (
H
)
inhabited place (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
אסנטה (אשנטי)..........
[
IMJ
]
..........................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Asante..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
337
Asante (Ashanti)..........
[
IMJ Preferred
]
.............................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Asante empire..........
[
VP
]
..........................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
Ashanti..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 10/30/2000
Ashanti empire..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 18 May 2017
Subject:
.....
[
IMJ
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 10/30/2000
..................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
337
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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