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Originally Posted by AmusedToDeath
Last time the Illyrians as such were ever mentioned in history was in the 7th century.
The first ever mention of Albanians is in the 11th century.
The Turks referred to Albanians as "the ones that never returned", since thy came from Azerbejzdan.
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The Albanians are the descendants of an Illyrian tribe called Albanoi.
The European Albania and the Caucasian Albanian are unrelated.
" Much of the territory of modern Azerbaijan was once known as Caucasus Albania -
not to be confused with the modern country of Albania found in the Balkans. "
http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories..._alexidze.html
They have nothing in common, neither genetically or linguistically.
The Caucasian Albanians refer to themselves as Udi, as does their language. Whilst the the European Albanians call their country Shqipëria, their language 'shqip' and the self-designation is "shqipëtar" (Albanian). Hence the Turks calling the European Albanians 'Arnaut' - simply meaning Albanian.
Scotland too was called Albania- that means that the Scots as well must come from the Caucasus Albania, right?
Seriously, do you honestly believe the filth you spew?
It's simply just a name used to denote a mountainous place. As the ' Alb-' element comes from the IE word for a type of mountainous terrain.