Talk:Albania under Serbia in the Middle Ages

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Albania exists since 1912. Later through the history there wasn't exist a political entity within that name. So, this is a hoax in the article's title, because Albania was never under the Serbian Empire. Politically motivated title. Dejvas (talk) 09:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Actually, neither Serbian Empire existed, because it was the Empire (tsardom maby) of Serbians and Greeks. But, since, wiki does not care about official names, than we will still use this title. There was Principality of Arber, an albanian state, which existed before 1200. So, the term Albania is correct.Balkanian`s word (talk) 11:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Such a title is inaccurate and misleading. Perhaps we can call it Albanians under Serbian Empire.

Furthermore, the historical outline of the article is rather simplistic. The Serbs, like the Bulgars, are not original inhabitants of the Balkan peninsula, where, at the dawn of history, we find three principal races: the Ancient Greeks, the Illyrians (who were the ancestors of the Albanians)[citation needed][citation needed], and the Thracians. According to Constantine Porphyrogenitus, a Byzantine Emperor who ruled during the 10th century, the Serbs migrated from White Serbia and initially settled around the region of Thessaloniki, Greece. Not to their liking, they instead settled a region farther north[1]- a large proportion of what had been the Roman province of Illyricum, thus in territories of today`s northern Albania, Montenegro and Croatia.

Firstly, it is doubtful that a people called "The Serbs" came to the Balkans in the manner described by D.A.I. Porphyrogenitus' account may be a metaphor for something. We should not state his account as fact, but if we use it , we should mention that modern historians doubt it's factual accuracy. The Serb identity probably formed in the Balkans, by a mixture of Slavs and natives, under Byzantine and Bulgarian influence. Secondly, the 'principal' races were not merely Illyrians, Thracians and Greeks. They were far more varied in their divisions. Thirdly, whilst possible, there is still no concensus on the origins of Albanians Hxseek (talk) 00:50, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

There was no such thing as "France" until the 14th century, but there's still a page on Prehistoric France; the Netherlands wasn't an independent country until 1648, but there's a page entitled Burgundian Netherlands (1384 to 1530). So I don't see anything out of line in an article about the history of the current state of Albania prior to tis becoming a state. Indeed, no state history article is complete unless is address the history of the region prior to independence.

And since the template clearly states that this period was prior to the create of an Albanian state, I don't think anyone will be confused.

In any case, I think it's pretty clear that, controversial or not, no hoax is intended here! This article may need a lot of work, but that tag should definitely be removed. LSD (talk) 00:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Phrases like "Serbian ruled Albania" are historically imprecise. Other wording needs such as 'the territory of modern Albania" may be better Hxseek (talk) 01:19, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not disagreeing, but it's a controversial issue and both sides have legitimate arguments. Accordingly, WP:HOAX does not apply. LSD (talk) 19:08, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes. I didn't place the hoax charge. I modified the first paragraph to read more 'scholarly' Hxseek (talk) 09:24, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

"Albania exists since 1912. Later through the history there wasn't exist a political entity within that name. So, this is a hoax in the article's title, because Albania was never under the Serbian Empire. Politically motivated title. Dejvas (talk) 09:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)" I agree with this statement, except the date of creation of Albania. It was in 1913, after London conference --Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:16, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Albania under Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires and not under Roman, Venetian and Ottoman Empires?

From some reason Roman Empire and Ottoman Empire are excluded from the list of Empires that Albania was under. There is list of empires that Albania was under:

1. Albania under the Byzantine Empire
2. Albania under the Bulgarian Empire
3. Albania under the Serbian Empire

And from some reason there are three empires that are excluded from this list of empires that Albania was under. One is Roman Empire, second is Venetian Empire and other is Ottoman Empire. From some reason periods when Roman Empire, Venetians or Ottoman Empire controlled territory that today belongs to Albania were named differently:

1. Illyricum (Roman province)
2. Venetian Albania
3. Ottoman Albania

What is the reason for such different treatment of Empires? Maybe using term under is against NPOV and can suggest that Albania had special subordinate treatment in Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empire and not in Roman, Venetian or Ottoman Empire? Maybe it would be good to rename those articles to:

1. Roman Albania
2. Bulgarian Albania
3. Serbian Albania

or:

1. Albania under the Roman Empire
2. Albania under the Venetian Empire
3. Albania under the Ottoman Empire

--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:46, 16 December 2010 (UTC)