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History of Albania
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Prehistory Prehistoric Balkans Origin of the Albanians
Antiquity Illyria Illyrians Macedonia Illyricum
Middle Ages Byzantine rule Bulgarian rule Serbian rule Principality of Arbanon Kingdom of Albania Principalities League of Lezhë Venetian Albania
Early modern Ottoman Albania Sanjak of Albania Sanjak of Scutari Sanjak of Debar Scutari Vilayet Janina Vilayet Kosovo Vilayet Pashaliks Massacre of the beys National Awakening Revolts of 1833–1839 Revolt of 1843–1844 Revolt of 1847 League of Prizren League of Peja Revolt of 1910 Revolt of 1911 Battle of Deçiq Revolt of 1912 Albanian Vilayet Declaration of Independence
Post-independence Independent Albania Provisional Government Congress of Trieste International Commission of Control Balkan Wars Principality Peasant Revolt Republic of Central Albania Vlora War Republic of Korçë Republic of Mirdita Italian protectorate (southern) Congress of Durrës Vlora War Congress of Lushnjë Italian protectorate Principality (Regency) Albanian Republic Albanian Kingdom Union of Italia and Albania Albania under Germany Resistance during World War II Second League of Prizren Liberation Socialist Albania
Contemporary Post-communism 1997 unrest Republic of Albania
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The history of Albania emerged from the prehistoric stage from the 4th century BC, with early records of Illyria in Greco-Roman historiography. The modern territory of Albania has no counterpart in antiquity, comprising parts of the Roman provinces of Dalmatia (southern Illyricum) and Macedonia (particularly Epirus Nova). The territory remained under Roman (Byzantine) control until the Slavic migrations of the 7th century, and was integrated into the Bulgarian Empire in the 9th century. The territorial nucleus of the Albanian state formed in the Middle Ages, as the Principality of Arbër and the Kingdom of Albania. The first records of the Albanian people as a distinct ethnicity also date to this period.

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