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    Summary of M. Edith Durham's High Albania
    Summary of M. Edith Durham's High Albania
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    Summary of M. Edith Durham's High Albania

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    #1 The history of Albania, a landlocked country in the Balkans, is a complicated tale of extreme interest. The claims of Greek, Bulgarian, and Serb in the Balkan peninsula are well known, but it has been the fashion always to ignore the rights and claims of the oldest inhabitant of the land, the Albanian.

    #2 The ancestors of the modern Servians poured into the peninsula in the first century AD. They overpowered the inhabitants, and reached the Dalmatian coast, burning the Roman town of Salona. The Serb influence grew stronger and stronger.

    #3 The Albanians were the last to fall under Turkish rule. They were led by their great hero Skenderbeg, who offered a magnificent resistance. But they had not outgrown the tribal system, and on his death, they broke up under rival chiefs.

    #4 The Albanians were a threat to the power of the Turks in Europe, but their attempts were doomed to failure because of the lack of unity caused by the tribal system. Before they were ready to stand alone, the tide of Turkish affairs turned and Russia began to fight for the Serbs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateMay 20, 2022
    ISBN9798822522572
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      #1

      The history of Albania, a landlocked country in the Balkans, is a complicated tale of extreme interest. The claims of Greek, Bulgarian, and Serb in the Balkan peninsula are well known, but it has been the fashion always to ignore the rights and claims of the oldest inhabitant of the land, the Albanian.

      #2

      The ancestors of the modern Servians poured into the peninsula in the first century AD. They overpowered the inhabitants, and reached the Dalmatian coast, burning the Roman town of Salona. The Serb influence grew stronger and stronger.

      #3

      The Albanians were the last to fall under Turkish rule. They were led by their great hero Skenderbeg, who offered a magnificent resistance. But they had not outgrown the tribal system, and on his death, they broke up under rival chiefs.

      #4

      The Albanians were a threat to the power of the Turks in Europe, but their attempts were doomed to failure because of the lack of unity caused by the tribal system. Before they were ready to stand alone, the tide of Turkish affairs turned and Russia began to fight for the Serbs.

      #5

      The Albanians were the greatest sufferers of the Balkan Wars. They were classed as Turks and their claims ignored. They had flown to arms and saved their towns of Gusinje and Tuzhi, but they were ordered instead to cede Dulcigno, one of their best ports.

      #6

      Travel in Turkey is often complicated by the fact that the political situation is strained. In early May 1908, an Englishman who had applied for ateskeh to travel inland was flatly refused and had to give up his tour.

      #7

      I visited the ruins of Drivasto, which was a bishopric until 877. It was part of the Balsha Principality, and in 1396 the Balsha prince, unable to withstand the oncoming Turk, sold Drivasto with the consent of its last lord, Angelo (Andrea. ) Flavio Comneno, to the Venetians. But in vain. The Turks took it, after a most bloody struggle, in 1478.

      #8

      The Moslem village people were very friendly. I was invited into the wide balcony of a house where the women were busy weaving red and white striped cotton. The men and women amused themselves hugely, teaching me

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