Osei Tutu ruled from Kumasi over this gold-trading empire, which fought a series of wars with the British.
A king of this empire known as "the whale" was aided militarily by the Ga. This empire defeated Charles MacCarthy and lost to the Wolseley ring during conflicts led by Prempeh I and Queen Yaa, while its greatest king was killed while leading an undermanned attack on the Akyem. That king was aided by Okomfo Anokye, who set up the obirempon as local magistrates and codified this empire's laws after it gained independence from the (*) Denkyera. Osei Tutu ruled from Kumasi over this gold-trading empire, which fought a series of wars with the British. Known for a unifying symbol supposedly called down from heaven, for 10 points, name this empire in present-day Ghana whose famed throne was called the Golden Stool.
A king of this empire known as "the whale" was aided militarily by the Ga.
{Ashanti} Empire [or {Asanteman}]