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Albania remained under Ottoman control as part of the province of Rumelia until 1912; with some interruptions during the 18th and 19th century with the establishment of autonomy-minded Albanian lords. The first independent Albanian state was founded by the Albanian Declaration of Independence following a short occupation by the Kingdom of Serbia.
Macedonian is official in the Pustec Municipality in East Albania. According to the 2011 population census, 2,765,610 or 98.8% of the population declared Albanian as their mother tongue. [333] Because of large migration flows from Albania, over half of Albanians during their life learn a second language.
The relations between Albania and Spain originate in 27.8.1922, with the act of mutual recognition. The diplomat Juan Pedro Aladro Kastriota was the pretender of the throne of Albania. [2] Kastriota claimed descent from the medieval nobel Kastrioti family through his paternal grandmother. In April 1929 Spain opened its legation in Tirana.
After the region fell to the Romans in 168 BC it became part of Epirus Nova that was in turn part of the Roman province of Macedonia. Later it was part of provinces of the Byzantine empire called themes. When the Roman Empire was divided into East and West in 395, the territories of modern Albania became part of the Byzantine Empire.
The area was part of the Roman province of Macedonia. 244-311 Epirus Nova or New Epirus or Illyria Graeca [3] [4] [5] or Illyris proper was a province of the Roman Empire established by Diocletian during his restructuring of provincial boundaries. The province, belonged to the Roman province of Macedonia.
The Balkan slave trade was the trade in slaves from the Balkans via Venetian slave traders across the Adriatic and Aegean Seas to Italy, Spain, and the Islamic Middle East, from the 7th century during the Early Middle Ages until the mid-15th century. It was one of the routes of the Venetian slave trade.
A map showing territories commonly considered part of the Middle East. The Middle East, or the Near East, was one of the cradles of civilization: after the Neolithic Revolution and the adoption of agriculture, many of the world's oldest cultures and civilizations were created there.
Spain in the Middle Ages is a period in the history of Spain that began in the 5th century following the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ended with the beginning of the early modern period in 1492. The history of Spain is marked by waves of conquerors who brought their distinct cultures to the peninsula.