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Origin of Albanians
The origin of Albanians is believed to come from Illyrians, who have historically lived in the territories of the Western Balkan. The borders of Illyria are believed to be placed from the rivers Drava and Sava up to Preveza. Albanians (albanian: shqiptarë) possess the same language, traditions, rituals, accents, traditional costumes, mythology, which proves the connection between Illyrians and Albanians. Those indicators support the theory that Albanians are the descendants of Illyrians.

Origin of name "Albania"
Origin of name Albania is supposed to come from one of the illyrian Tribes (Albani), placed at the centre of the modern Albania. But nowdays a new theory is supposed to be believed. The theory is linked with the time when Venetians had powerful economic relationships between them and albanians. They named this country as Alba that in English means sunrise, because of the geographical position in eastern Europe. But the second theory explains only the half of the whole name, so the first theory is supposed to be the one, who explains better the linkage of the name Albania and the country.

Albani
The tribe of Albani had an important economic and strategy role on the ancient Illyria. This tribe was believed to have a strong and well-trained army. The capital city was believed to be Alban or also known as Albanopolis, today Kruja. The modern Albanians are the descendant of the tribe Albani and also of the Illyrians. Modern Albania is an unification between old albanian (illyrian) tribes. The tribe of Dardania (modern: Kosovo) was also one of the most important Illyrian tribes, as well as Chaonia, Molosia, (Northern Epirus), Dalmatia (Croatia), Arians, Japods (Slovenia), Mesapia, Japiga (south Italy) etc.