Akwamu Kingdom
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Was a precolonial polity of Ghana.
Establishment
January 1506: A chief of the Twifo-Heman establishes the Akwamu state.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Opoku Ware I in the Ashanti Empire.
January 1724: The Akwamu Kingdom was crushed about 1731 and annexed to the Ashanti Empire.
January 1601: The founders of the Akwamu Kingdom, including Ansa Sasraku and Ansa Kuma, originated from Twifu Heman in the late 16th or early 17th century. They eventually established the powerful Akwamu Kingdom in present-day Ghana.
January 1652: Group of states in what is now southern Ghana. It originated in the late 17th century when Fante people from overpopulated Mankessim, northeast of Cape Coast, settled vacant areas nearby. The resulting Fante kingdoms formed a confederacy headed by a high king (the brafo) and a high priest.
August 1656: After the Dutch managed to dislodge the Swedes from Butre and began building Fort Batenstein at that site, the leaders of the Dutch West India Company thought it beneficial to negotiate a treaty with the local political leadership in order to establish a peaceful long-term relationship in the area. The local Ahanta leaders found it equally beneficial to enter into such an agreement, and thus on 27 August 1656, the Treaty of Butre was signed. This treaty established a Dutch protectorate in the area.
January 1701: Before 1700 the Akyem Kotoku state was founded.
January 1701: Akuapem state established.
January 1701: The state of Assin Apimenem was founded.
January 1703: The Akwamu Kingdom, led by King Agbo, expanded its territory along the coast from present-day Winneba in Ghana to Ouidah in Benin. This expansion occurred around 1702, when the kingdom crossed the Volta River and extended its influence further east.
January 1703: Akwamu conquest of Whydah, a coastal state of Dahomey.
January 1709: Under King Haffon the territory of Whydah was expanded to 64 km coast, stretching 40 km inland.
January 1711: In 1710 Akwamu subdued the Ewe people of the Ho region.
Disestablishment
January 1724: The Akwamu Kingdom was crushed about 1731 and annexed to the Ashanti Empire.
