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1 Christianity was later overshadowed by ________, which kept the scepter of the major religion during the period of Ottoman Turkish rule from the 15th century until year 1912.

2 The population density of Albania: How many people are there per square mile?

3 The main meal of the ________ is lunch, and it is usually accompanied by a salad of fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers and olives with olive oil, vinegar and salt.

4 What is the currency of Albania?

5 The first three of these rose to become rulers of principalities were vassals of ________, and Albania mostly neglected by their Greek masters at Constantinople.

6 What is the area of Albania in square km?

7 The Ottomans had urbanized the landscape creating new cities, Bazaars, garrisons and ________ throughout the Albanian regions.

8 Which of the following titles did Albania have?

9 What % of the area of Albania is water?

10 How many square miles is Albania in area?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus was a short-lived state founded in March 1914 by Greeks living in southern Albania?
  • the 2008 historical drama/black comedy film Time of the Comet set a new box office record in Albanian cinemas?
  • in addition to practising as a lawyer in Cairo, Albanian nationalist Andon Zako Çajupi wrote a comedy attacking the tradition of arranged marriages?
  • the Corfu Channel Incident, involving the United Kingdom and Albania, is considered one of the early episodes of the Cold War?
  • the Lead Mosque of Shkodër, Albania, received its name from once having cupolas covered in lead?
  • the skeleton of a pregnant woman and her unborn child dating back to 3000 BC was found in the Kamenica Tumulus in Albania?
  • the current Foreign Minister of Albania, Lulzim Basha, used to work for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and helped prepare the file against Slobodan Milosevic?
  • the Museum of Apollonia, near Fier, Albania, is currently closed to the public after being looted in 1991?
  • in Albanian folklore, the zana, mountain fairies revered for their beauty and courage, are said to have watched approvingly over Albanian protests against the 1878 Treaty of San Stefano?
  • in 1926, author Helen Dore Boylston and Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, drove from Paris to Albania in a Model T Ford called "Zenobia"?
  • Qeparo is home to one of the nine churches in Albania dedicated to Saint Demetrius?
  • Anton Santori's play Emira is considered to be the first original Albanian drama ever written?
  • French geography professor Henri Enjalbert theorized that Albania, the Ionian islands and southern Dalmatia were the only European regions with grapevines following the last Ice Age?
  • Queen Teuta of Issa, who briefly ruled Illyria in the 3rd century BC, is depicted on the Albanian 100 lekë coin?
  • Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, became Princess of Albania in March 1914 (arrival pictured), but had to leave the country just six months later because of nationalist turmoil?
  • during the Italian occupation Tefik Mborja was, as General Secretary of the Albanian Fascist Party, included in the Albanian cabinet as an ex-officio member?
  • Hylli i Dritës is regarded as one of the most important Albanian magazines of the early 20th century?
  • Sotir Peçi published the first Albanian-language newspaper in the United States?
  • Albania expects to accede to NATO this April after individual NATO member states ratify its accession protocol?
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