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Ashantiland (Ashanti: ''Asanteman'') formerly known as Ashanti Empire, is the name given to the homeland of the Ashanti people on the Gulf of Guinea that spans the border between Black Volta River to its north; Lake Volta to its east; Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocea to its south; and to Ivory Coast to its west. It is the oldest documented Akan name for the greater area they inhabit, dating to the 12th century. Ashantiland comprises the Ashanti founded territorial six regional entities Ashanti region, Brong-Ahafo region, Central region, Eastern region, Greater Accra region and Western region.〔 Ashantiland is a non-governmental cultural region and a linguistic area (South Ghana) that is defined by the Ashanti traditions and language. The majority of the Ashanti-speaking population in Ashantiland identify as Ashanti. The Ashanti Akan [ethnic group settlement Bonoman (Brong-Ahafo) was established as early as the 11th century,〔The Techiman-Bono of Ghana:an ethnography of an Akan society Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1975〕 Bonoman is credited with the foundation of much of Ashantiland's culture and customs and between the 12th and 13th centuries a gold boom in Ashantiland brought wealth to Ashantiland.〔Title: Africa a Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson, Language: English Type: Documentary Year: 1984 Length: 114 min. 〕 During different phases of the Kingdom of Bonoman ancient Ashantis migrated out of Bonoman to create numerous states within Ashantiland based predominantly on gold bars and various industrial minerals, mining and the trading of cocoa and cash crops.〔Africa from the 12th to the 16th century Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Djibril Tamsir Niane, James Currey, 1997, 294 pp.〕〔Indigenous medicine and knowledge in African society. Psychology Press, 2007 - Health & Fitness.〕〔MacLean, Iain. ''Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair'', 2001. Page 76.〕〔Collins and Burns (2007), p. 139.〕 This brought wealth to Ashantis, and ultimately led to the foundation and rise of the powerful Ashanti empire, the Empire of Ashanti by Ashanti King Asantehene Osei Kofi Tutu I (1700–1902).〔''Africa: a Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson'', Documentary, 1984, 114 minutes.〕 Ashanti established Kingdom of Ashanti Empire Ashantiland had been subjugated in 1902 by British Gold Coast following the four Ashanti Anglo-Ashanti wars and the Ashantiland War of the Golden Stool.〔Davidson (1991), p. 242.〕 Ashanti Kingdom of Ashanti Ashantiland regained its independence and sovereignty in 1935 under Ashanti King Asantehene Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II; On 6 March 1957, under Ashanti King Asantehene Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II the Ashanti Kingdom of Ashanti Ashantiland entered a state union following the decolonization of the British Gold Coast by the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Ashanti Ashantiland which included the Ashanti founded territorial six regional entities Western region, Central region, Ashanti region, Eastern region, Brong-Ahafo region and Greater Accra region;〔 under Ashanti King Asantehene Prempeh entered into a state union joining with Volta (formally named British Togoland) and the Kingdom of Dagbon in-order to form current sovereign-nation Ghana. The current reigning king of Ashantiland Kingdom of Ashanti (Asanteman) is Ashanti King Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Asantehene.〔[http://www.ghanatoghana.com/Ghanahomepage/kings-queens-asante Kingdom of Ashanti Kings And Queens Of Asante]〕 Ashanti King Asantehene Osei Tutu II ascended the Golden Stool throne on 26 April 1999.〔 By name, King Asantehene Osei Tutu II is in direct succession to the founder of the Empire of Ashanti Ashantiland, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I.〔 ==Etymology== The identity of an Ashanti nation-state is expressed by the term ''Asanteman''.〔 The Ashanti language word ''man'' (plural ''aman'') which forms the second element in this expression has a meaning much of "community; nation, state". It has been translated as "Ashantiland".〔(Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, Volumes 7–9, p. 28 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashantiland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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