The variant name 'Ashanti' comes from British reports transcribing 'Asante' as the British heard it pronounced, as-hanti. This name comes from the Asante's origin as a kingdom created to fight the Denkyira kingdom. The word derives from the Twi words ɔsa meaning 'war' and nti meaning 'because of'. Etymology and origins Kente cloth, the traditional garment worn by Ashanti royalty, has been widely adopted throughout the Ashanti Kingdom. The state's current economic revenue is derived mainly from trading in gold bars, cocoa, kola nuts and agriculture. The Ashanti Kingdom is the home to Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana's only natural lake. The current king of the Ashanti Kingdom is Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Asantehene. Today, the Ashanti Kingdom survives as a constitutionally protected, sub-national traditional state in union with the Republic of Ghana. British forces later burnt and sacked the Ashanti capital of Kumasi, however, and after the final Ashanti defeat at the fifth Anglo-Ashanti War, the Ashanti empire became part of the Gold Coast colony on 1 January 1902. The Ashanti defeated the British Empire's invasions in the first two of the four Anglo-Ashanti Wars, killing British army general Sir Charles MacCarthy and keeping his skull as a gold-rimmed drinking cup in 1824. The Ashanti Empire fought several wars with neighboring kingdoms and lesser organized groups such as the Fante.

The army served as the effective tool to procure captives. The economy of the Ashanti Empire was mainly based on the trade of gold and agricultural exports as well as slave trading, craft work and trade with markets further north. In 1701, the Ashanti army conquered Denkyira, giving the Ashanti access to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean coastal trade with Europeans, notably the Dutch. Osei Tutu oversaw a massive Ashanti territorial expansion, building up the army by introducing new organisation and turning a disciplined royal and paramilitary army into an effective fighting machine. 1695 – 1717) and his adviser Okomfo Anokye established the Ashanti Kingdom, with the Golden Stool of Asante as a sole unifying symbol. Starting in the late 17th century, the Ashanti king Osei Tutu ( c. Due to the empire's military prowess, wealth, architecture, sophisticated hierarchy and 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. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana as well as parts of Ivory Coast and Togo. The Asante Empire ( Asante Twi: Asanteman), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana.

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