6000 BCE - 2024
Tarihin Albaniya
Tsohon al'ada a Albania ya kasance alama ta kasancewar kabilun Illyrian da yawa kamar Albanoi, Ardiaei, da Taulantii, tare da mulkin mallaka na Girka kamar Epidamnos-Dyrrhachium da Apollonia.Fitacciyar siyasar Illyrian ta kasance a tsakiyar kabilar Enchele.A wajen shekara ta 400 KZ, Sarki Bardylis, sanannen sarkin Illyriya na farko, ya nemi kafa Illyria a matsayin babban ikon yanki, inda ya sami nasarar hada kan kabilun kudancin Illyrian da fadada yanki ta hanyar cin galaba a kan mutanen Macedonia da Molossiyawa.Ƙoƙarinsa ya kafa Illyria a matsayin babbar rundunar yanki kafin hawan Macedon.A karshen karni na 4 KZ, daular Taulantii, karkashin Sarki Glaukias, ta yi tasiri sosai ga al'amuran kudancin Illyrian, inda suka fadada ikonsu zuwa cikin jihar Epirote ta hanyar kawance da Pyrrhus na Epirus.A karni na 3 KZ, Ardiaei ya kafa daular Illyrian mafi girma, wanda ke sarrafa yanki mai girman gaske daga kogin Neretva zuwa iyakokin Epirus.Wannan masarauta ta kasance ƙaƙƙarfan ikon ruwa da ƙasa har sai da Illyrian ya sha kashi a Yaƙin Illyro-Roman (229-168 KZ).Yankin daga ƙarshe ya faɗi ƙarƙashin mulkin Romawa a farkon karni na 2 KZ, kuma ya zama wani yanki na lardunan Romawa na Dalmatiya, Makidoniya, da Moesia Superior.A cikin tsakiyar zamanai, yankin ya ga kafa Masarautar Arbër da hadewa cikin dauloli daban-daban, gami da Daulolin Venetian da Sabiya.A tsakiyar 14th zuwa karshen karni na 15, sarakunan Albaniya sun bayyana amma sun fada cikin Daular Usmaniyya , wanda Albaniya ta kasance mafi yawa har zuwa farkon karni na 20.Farkawa ta ƙasa a ƙarshen karni na 19 daga ƙarshe ya haifar da sanarwar 'Yancin Albaniya a cikin 1912.Albaniya ta sami ɗan gajeren lokaci na sarauta a farkon karni na 20, sannan Italiyanci ya biyo baya kafin yakin duniya na biyu da kuma mamayar Jamus.Bayan yakin, Albaniya tana karkashin mulkin gurguzu a karkashin Enver Hoxha har zuwa 1985. Mulkin ya ruguje a 1990 a cikin rikicin tattalin arziki da rikice-rikicen zamantakewa, wanda ya haifar da ƙaura na Albaniya.Tabbatacciyar siyasa da tattalin arziki a farkon karni na 21 ya ba wa Albaniya damar shiga kungiyar NATO a 2009, kuma a halin yanzu ita ce dan takarar kungiyar Tarayyar Turai.