Rise of the Ashanti Empire
Osei Tutu unites the Ashanti under the Golden Stool
Osei Tutu united the Asante states around Kumasi and defeated their former overlords, Denkyira. The Golden Stool became the symbol of unity, and the Ashanti Empire grew rich on the gold and slave trades.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1676 Leeuwenhoek sees microbes — 25 years earlier
- 1683 Battle of Vienna — 18 years earlier
- 1687 Newton's Principia — 14 years earlier
- 1688–1689 Glorious Revolution — 13 years earlier
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1682 Accession of Peter the Great — 19 years earlier
- 1703 Founding of Saint Petersburg — 2 years later
- 1709 Battle of Poltava — 8 years later
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire — 20 years later
Alive at the time
- Louis XIV (aged 63)
- Isaac Newton (aged 58)
- Kangxi Emperor (aged 47)
- Peter the Great (aged 29)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 16)
- Voltaire (aged 7)
- Aurangzeb (aged 83)
- Leopold I (aged 61)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (aged 55)
- Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (aged 55)