Ancient Ghanaian Civilization

Ghana is not geographically related to the present-day State of Ghana***

The Ancient Ghanaian Civilization is also known as the "Ancient Ashanti Civilization"

Kumasi, Ghana's second-largest city and the capital of the Ashanti Region, is located in south-central Ghana on the southwestern foothills of the Kwahu Plateau, 180 kilometers southeast of Accra, 180 kilometers south of a coastal port, forming a triangle of economic centers throughout the country. Accra, the south from the seaside port of 180 kilometers each, forming the national economic center of the triangle. Kumasi was founded in 1700 A.D., had built the beginning of one of the most powerful kingdoms in ancient West Africa, the capital of the Ashanti Kingdom, since ancient times are the political, economic and cultural center of the Ashanti region, some of the northwestern part of the city of the earth, wood and grass structure of the residence is the last level of the ancient civilization of the Ashanti, and become the descendants of the study of the Ashanti nation's political, economic, cultural and historical development of the process of the precious heritage.

The Ashanti traditional architecture is located in the northwestern part of Kumasi and stands alone among the many places of interest in the city. The heyday of the ancient civilization of Ashanti was in the 18th century A.D., when many high-ranking officials' houses, civil dwellings and temples and shrines were constructed. The wooden and grass structures that have been preserved were built by the local people in the early 19th century A.D. using materials from the local area in the traditional way, and have become the first-hand materials for the study of the history of human society in Ashanti.