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The word Ghana means warrior or war chief, and was the title given to the rulers of the kingdom. Kaya Maghan (king of gold) was another title for these kings. The Soninke name for the polity was Ouagadou. [4] This meant the "place of the Wague", the term current in the 19th century for the local nobility [5] or may have meant 'the land of great ...
The area of the Republic of Ghana (the then Gold Coast) became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. [1] Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal ...
List of rulers of the Akan states of Akwamu and Twifo-Heman; List of rulers of the Akan state of Bono-Tekyiman; List of rulers of the Akan state of Denkyira; List of rulers of the Akan state of Dwaben; List of rulers of the Fante Confederation; List of rulers of the Akan state of Gyaaman; List of rulers of the Akan state of Manya Krobo
An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries". [2] There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. States emerged in a process covering many ...
This article is a list of the monarchs of Ghana: [1] Boamponsem; Nana Dokua; Nana Kuntunkununku II; Nana Kwaku Boateng; Nana Nkuah Okomdom II; Nana Obiri Yeboa; Nana Ofori Atta II; Nana Oti Akenten; Ndewura Jakpa; Ntim Gyakari; Ofori Panyin I; Okomfo Anokye; Opoku Ware I; Osei Bonsu; Osei Kwame Panyin; Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II; Osei Yaw ...
From the 18th century, the Ashanti embarked on an expansionist policy like the Denkyira, conquering a chunk of modern day Ghana as well as some parts of Ivory Coast and Togo. [22] By the 20th century, the Ashanti Empire was annexed by the British Empire after its defeat in the Anglo Ashanti war. [23] [24]
Bamana Empire: 1712: 1861: 149 Belgian Colonial Empire: 1908: 1962: 55 Bengal Sultanate: 1352: 1576: 209 Benin Empire: 1180: 1897: 717 Bogd Khanate of Mongolia/Great Mongolian State 1911 1924 7 (broken up from 1915 to 1921) Bornu Empire: 1380: 1893: 513 Empire of Brazil: 1822: 1889: 67 Britannic Empire: 286: 296: 10 British Empire: 1583: 1997: ...
The Guan are believed to have begun to migrate from the Mossi region of modern Burkina Faso around A.D. 1000. Moving gradually through the Volta valley in a southerly direction, they created settlements along the Black Volta, throughout the Afram Plains, in the Volta Gorge, and in the Akuapem Hills before moving farther south onto the coastal plains.