HISTORY OF ALBANIA SEARCH THE WHOLE SITE FEEDBACK ANCIENT ILLYRIA FIRST BALKAN WAR SHARE DISCOVER FREE DAILY EMAIL FAMOUS DAILY THE WESTERN THE BALKAN PENINSULA THE ANCIENT GREEKS GROUP AREA REGION THE ROMAN EMPIRE DEVASTATED PASSAGE VISIGOTHS HUNS WAVES PASS ARRIVE SLAVS ENTIRE ILLYRIA EXCEPT MOUNTAINOUS ALBANIANS THE ONLY STRATEGIC EXPOSED ALBANIA PAWN SHIFTING PATTERNS POWER CENTURIES THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE NORMAN ADVENTURERS SOUTHERN LATIN EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINOPLE PORTS VENICE FINALLY THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE RULE THE TURKS FRUSTRATED ACHIEVEMENTS NATIONAL ALBANIAN PRINCELY FAMILY TAKEN HOSTAGE ISTANBUL UP TO MUSLIM SENT SERVICE CHANGES HIMSELF CHRISTIAN LEADS HIS PEOPLE SKANDERBEG SUCCESSION TURKISH ARMIES IN PERSON SULTANS MURAD MEHMED SINKS SUBJECTION THE CONSTANT CHRISTIAN NATIONS ELSEWHERE FULLY EDUCATION CHANCE ADVANCEMENT ADMINISTRATION EVENTUALLY MORE THAN TWO THIRDS THE ALBANIAN POPULATION THE REST DIVIDED ROMAN CATHOLIC GREEK NATIONALIST MOVEMENT LATE 19TH CENTURY ATTEMPTS PRINT LITERATURE ACTIVITY LACK THE DEFINING MOMENT ALBANIAN NATIONALISM CONGRESS BITOLJ STANDARD WRITING SPELLING LANGUAGE ROMAN LETTERS COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL STAGE AUTONOMY EVENTS MOVE FASTER THE COMMITTEE YEARS LATER TURMOIL THE REGION ALMOST ALBANIAN INDEPENDENCE BEGIN UPRISING ALBANIAN ARMY PRESSES ENOUGH EAST OCCUPY MACEDONIAN CITY OF SKOPJE SUCCESS INDEPENDENT ALBANIA OCTOBER 1912 SERBIA BULGARIA GO TO WAR AGAINST ALLIES INROADS MACEDONIA THE EAST BULGARIANS PUSH LINES SIXTY MILES IN THE WEST THE GREEKS SERBIANS REACH PORT OF DURRS PORT FIFTY DECLARE FIRST NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE INTERNATIONAL DETERMINED SOUTHERN BORDER CONFERENCE OF AMBASSADORS RELEVANT POWERS LONDON DISCUSS SHOULD DISPUTE EXACT RUSSIAN PRESSURE BEHALF SERBS RESULTS THE PROVINCE INHABITANTS SEVERED HISTORYWORLD ABOUT US ATTRIBUTION COPYRIGHT