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Ashanti Union
The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: ), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan people, Akan state that lasted between 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana as well as parts of Ivory Coast and Togo. Due to the empire's Military of the Ashanti Empire, military prowess, Economy of the Ashanti Empire, wealth, architecture, Political systems of the Ashanti Empire, sophisticated hierarchy and Culture of the Ashanti Empire, culture, the Ashanti Empire has been extensively studied and has more historic records written by European, primarily British authors than any other indigenous culture of Sub-Saharan Africa.Collins and Burns (2007), p. 140. Starting in the late 17th century, the Ashanti king Osei Tutu ( – 1717) and his adviser Okomfo Anokye established the Ashanti Kingdom, with the Asante royal thrones, Golden Stool of Asante as a sole unifying symbol. Osei Tutu oversaw a massive Ashanti territorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Union
A political union is a type of political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller polities, or the process which achieves this. These smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal territories in a federal government; and prefectures, regions, or provinces in the case of a centralised government. This form of government may be voluntary and mutual and is described as ''unionism'' by its constituent members and proponents. In other cases, it may arise from political unification, characterised by coercion and conquest. The unification of separate states which, in the past, had together constituted a single entity, is known as ''reunification''. Unlike a personal union or real union, the individual constituent entities may have devolution of powers but are subordinate to a central government or coordinated in some sort of organization. In a federalised system, the constituent entities usually have internal autonomy, for example in the setup of police d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
