Kingdom of Assin
Assin Kingdom | |||||||||||||
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| 16th century (as part of the Akani trading network)–19th century (absorbed into the British Gold Coast) | |||||||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Kushea Assinmanso Apemanim Attandasu | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Twi (Assin dialect) | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Akan religion, ancestor worship | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Assinhene | |||||||||||||
• c. 1670s–1700s | Agyensam of Koshea | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 16th century (as part of the Akani trading network) | ||||||||||||
• Rise as part of the Akani confederacy | 16th century | ||||||||||||
• War with Twifo | 1657–1659 | ||||||||||||
• Invasion of Afutu | 1676 | ||||||||||||
• Defeat and annexation by Denkyira | 1697–1698 | ||||||||||||
• Alliance with Fante Confederacy | 1706–1715 | ||||||||||||
• Treaty of Fomena: release from Asante claims | 1874 | ||||||||||||
• Incorporated into the British Gold Coast | Late 19th century | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 19th century (absorbed into the British Gold Coast) | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Gold dust, Cowrie shells | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ghana | ||||||||||||
Assin or Asen, was an Akan kingdom in what is now central Ghana. It rose during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as the heart of the inland Akani mercantile organization, controlling major caravan routes between the Gold Coast ports and the auriferous regions in the Pra and Ofin basins. It was known to Europeans as "Acanes Pequenos", "Acanes Petite", "Little Akani," before its conquest by Denkyira in 1698.