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Ancient people that had inhabited Albania since 2000 BC
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Illyrians
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Queen of the above whose pirate raids antagonized Rome
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Queen Teuta
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Religion that Rome brought after its conquest of Albania
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Christianity
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Albania became part of this successor state to Rome
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Byzantine Empire
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Late 12th century ruler who established an independent Albanian state
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Progon
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Country that conquered Albania in the 14th century
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Serbia
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General who united Albania, installed national identity and impeded invasion
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Skanderbeg
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Empire that conquered Albania a decade after the death of the above
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Ottoman Empire
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Under rule of the above, most of Albania converted to this religion
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Islam
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Albanian brigand who became pasha of Janina in 1788
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Ali Paşa Tepelenë
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Prime minister who declared Albanian independence on 28 November 1912
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Ismail Qemali
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Upon independence, Albania lost control of this northeastern region
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Kosovo
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Orthodox bishop who briefly served as prime minister in 1924
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Fan S. Noli
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King of Albania from 1928 to 1939 whose reforms brought brief tranquility
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Zog I
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Albania allied with this country that invaded Albania in 1939
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Italy
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Country that replaced the above in occupying Albania in 1943
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Germany
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Albania embraced this ideology following the above's retreat in 1944
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Communism
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Former schoolteacher who led Albania from 1944 to his death in 1985
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Enver Hoxha
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Albania was poised to merge with this neighbor but regretted in 1948
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Yugoslavia
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Albania sided with this country against the above, receiving economic aid
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Soviet Union
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Seaport that Albania granted as a naval base to the above country
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Vlorë
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Policy change of the above country led to Albania leaving this organization in 1968
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Warsaw Pact
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Albania's later alliance with this country broke when it became friendly with the US
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China
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Albania built 750,000 of these structures for fear of nuclear attack
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Bunkers
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Period of civil unrest in 1997, after which Sali Berisha stepped down as president
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Albanian Civil War
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