Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ashantiland (Ashanti: Asanteman), formerly known as the Ashanti Empire, is the homeland of the Ashanti people on the Gulf of Guinea. The territory, located in southern Ghana, is bounded by the Black Volta River to the north, Lake Volta to the east, the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and Ivory Coast to the west.Ashantiland is a non-governmental cultural and linguistic area defined by the Ashanti traditions and language. The territory comprises six regions founded by the Ashanti people: the Ashanti Region, the Brong-Ahafo Region, the Central Region, the Eastern Region, the Greater Accra Region, and the Western Region.The Akan settlement of Bonoman (in what is now the Brong-Ahafo Region) was established as early as the 11th century and is credited with the foundation of much of Ashantiland's culture and customs. In the 12th and 13th centuries, a gold boom brought wealth to the region. Some people left Bonoman to create other states, based predominantly on gold, industrial minerals, mining, and the trading of cocoa and cash crops. The resulting prosperity led to the rise of the Ashanti Empire under King Osei Kofi Tutu I.The current king is Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, who ascended to the throne on 26 April 1999."@en }
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- Ashantiland_Peninsula abstract "Ashantiland (Ashanti: Asanteman), formerly known as the Ashanti Empire, is the homeland of the Ashanti people on the Gulf of Guinea. The territory, located in southern Ghana, is bounded by the Black Volta River to the north, Lake Volta to the east, the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and Ivory Coast to the west.Ashantiland is a non-governmental cultural and linguistic area defined by the Ashanti traditions and language. The territory comprises six regions founded by the Ashanti people: the Ashanti Region, the Brong-Ahafo Region, the Central Region, the Eastern Region, the Greater Accra Region, and the Western Region.The Akan settlement of Bonoman (in what is now the Brong-Ahafo Region) was established as early as the 11th century and is credited with the foundation of much of Ashantiland's culture and customs. In the 12th and 13th centuries, a gold boom brought wealth to the region. Some people left Bonoman to create other states, based predominantly on gold, industrial minerals, mining, and the trading of cocoa and cash crops. The resulting prosperity led to the rise of the Ashanti Empire under King Osei Kofi Tutu I.The current king is Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, who ascended to the throne on 26 April 1999.".
- Q22138749 abstract "Ashantiland (Ashanti: Asanteman), formerly known as the Ashanti Empire, is the homeland of the Ashanti people on the Gulf of Guinea. The territory, located in southern Ghana, is bounded by the Black Volta River to the north, Lake Volta to the east, the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and Ivory Coast to the west.Ashantiland is a non-governmental cultural and linguistic area defined by the Ashanti traditions and language. The territory comprises six regions founded by the Ashanti people: the Ashanti Region, the Brong-Ahafo Region, the Central Region, the Eastern Region, the Greater Accra Region, and the Western Region.The Akan settlement of Bonoman (in what is now the Brong-Ahafo Region) was established as early as the 11th century and is credited with the foundation of much of Ashantiland's culture and customs. In the 12th and 13th centuries, a gold boom brought wealth to the region. Some people left Bonoman to create other states, based predominantly on gold, industrial minerals, mining, and the trading of cocoa and cash crops. The resulting prosperity led to the rise of the Ashanti Empire under King Osei Kofi Tutu I.The current king is Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, who ascended to the throne on 26 April 1999.".