ILIR=LIBERTY
The western part of the Balkan is known to the ancient epoch as Illyria. The Illyrians, a group of Indo-European tribes, have been in the area since at least 1000 BC. Our region becomes prosperous during the Roman empire and is devastated by the subsequent passage of Visigoths and Huns (and other country). But our forefather don’t fought them because, however destructive, they only merely pass through.The next to arrive in the Balkans, in the 6th century , was the Slavs - and they come to stay. Gradually they predominate in the entire region of Illyria except for mountainous Albania. The Albanians become the only identifable group descending directly from the Illyrians. In its strategic but exposed position, Albania is a pawn in the shifting patterns of power through the centuries. It is in the Byzantine empire, it is prey to Norman adventurers from southern Italy, it is in the Latin empire of Constantinople, its ports are occupied by Venice and finally it is absorbed within the Ottoman empire. Early rule by the Turks is repeatedly frustrated by the achievements of our national hero, Skanderbeg. Son of an princely family, he is taken as a hostage to Istanbul and is brought up to be a Muslim warrior. But when sent into service in the Balkans, he changes sides, proclaims himself a Christian and leads a movement to liberate his people. From 1443 to 1467 Skanderbeg frustrates a succession
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