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    The document discusses the Ashanti people and their history and culture. The Ashanti obtained great wealth through gold mining and trading gold. They used this wealth to expand their territory and dominate neighboring peoples. The Ashanti kingdom was centered around Kumasi, which had a dense population and sophisticated architecture, challenging European expectations of African life. The Ashanti revere the Golden Stool as a symbol of their unity and sovereignty. The British tried to seize the Golden Stool to undermine Ashanti power and resistance to colonial rule.

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    The document discusses the Ashanti people and their history and culture. The Ashanti obtained great wealth through gold mining and trading gold. They used this wealth to expand their territory and dominate neighboring peoples. The Ashanti kingdom was centered around Kumasi, which had a dense population and sophisticated architecture, challenging European expectations of African life. The Ashanti revere the Golden Stool as a symbol of their unity and sovereignty. The British tried to seize the Golden Stool to undermine Ashanti power and resistance to colonial rule.

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    African History Worksheet

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    Domenica Arteaga
    The document discusses the Ashanti people and their history and culture. The Ashanti obtained great wealth through gold mining and trading gold. They used this wealth to expand their territory and dominate neighboring peoples. The Ashanti kingdom was centered around Kumasi, which had a dense population and sophisticated architecture, challenging European expectations of African life. The Ashanti revere the Golden Stool as a symbol of their unity and sovereignty. The British tried to seize the Golden Stool to undermine Ashanti power and resistance to colonial rule.

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    African History: People of the Golden Stool, The Ashanti

    Using the documentary and Wikipedia answer the following:

    1. How did the Ashanti get their wealth?

    2. What does matrilinear inheritance mean? And how do we know women play a
    special role in the Ashanti Culture?

    3. What countries do they currently live in?

    4. What happened in the years 600 CE? What was usual about the labour used?

    5. What was different about Kumasi? How does this challenge European expectations
    about African life?

    6. The gold enabled the Ashanti to do what to their neighbors? What came with
    wealth?

    7. What is the myth about the Golden Stool?

    8. Why would the British try so hard to find it and take it? What would this have done
    to the people and their unity?

    9. Why are women so respected in Ashanti Culture? Give two reasons.

    10. Why would the British try to destroy all the Kingdom and put the King in jail?

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