A SHORT HISTORY OF ALBANIA
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MyAlbania Admin
- DATE 30/06/2023
As a geographical and cultural entity, and as a nation, Albania has often been enigmatic and somewhat misunderstood. In the eighteenth century, English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) described it as "a land within sight of Italy[...]
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THE ILLYRIANS
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MyAlbania Admin
- DATE 30/06/2023
The Illyrians inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times constituting one of the three main Paleo-Balkan populations, along with the Thracians and Greeks. Their territory covered most of the Albania. Some of the most[...]
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ROMAN AND BYZANTIUM EMPIRES
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MyAlbania Admin
- DATE 30/06/2023
The Romans ruled Illyria--which now became the province of Illyricum--for about six centuries. Under Roman rule Illyrian society underwent great change, especially in its outward, material aspect. Art and culture flourished,[...]
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ALBANIA UNDER THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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MyAlbania Admin
- DATE 30/06/2023
With the fall of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire expanded its borders reaching the Western Balkans in 1385 and occupying most of Albania in 1431. As a result, thousands of Albanians fled to Western Europe, particularly to Calabria,[...]
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TROUBLED TIMES: FROM PRINCIPALITY, TO REPUBLIC, MONARCHY, WORLD WARS AND COMMUNIST PERIOD
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MyAlbania Admin
- DATE 30/06/2023
Shortly after the defeat of Turkey by the Balkan allies, a conference of ambassadors of the Great Powers (Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Italy) convened in London in December 1912 to settle the outstanding[...]
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