Swiss historian: Albanians have led the world since the Middle Ages, Europe deliberately left aside

Alexandre Lambert, historian, academic director of the "School of International Training" in Geneva, is the author of several books and articles in the field of political philosophy, international relations, security policy and civil-military relations.

Lambert visited Albania and has begun to recognize the Albanian issue in his youth with the searches made in the archives of the League of Nations Geneva, when the issue Cham well recognized.

Swiss historian, Alexandre Lambert insists that is not the case that Albanians in any moment of history as a nation not known to have attacked other nations and that many Albanians if the emperor excellent run, if other countries.

Likewise, according to him, some Albanians have left their name in various fields of sciences in different countries of the world. Further developments historian stopped after World War II, expressing the conviction that what happened in Albania, leaving her Eastern Bloc was an account made by the Allies won the war.

In the end some tips on how to operate the Albanians to go up near the majority, where they try.

Here's what does it for Albanians in the Middle Ages:

In the Middle Ages, the Albanians have given the world leader, lay or religious leaders and cultural personalities that go beyond Europe. Some popes were Albanians, for example - Clement XI the most outstanding of them. But Albanians have been leading the world's most important religions, as head of the Orthodox religion, as well as a Muslim.

In history we find prominent leaders of Albanians in many European countries, even those that sometimes have determined the fate of many historical struggles (in 1515 that Mercury Bua cavalry of Venice, composed of all the Albanians set victory Marinjanit battle, history of the battle of the giants appointed and not Francis I of France, 19, two days they learned how the battle is fought).

Albanians have given many prominent prime ministers and generals Ottoman Empire (Köprülü family only gave 5 prime Empire).

Albanians have given many heroes of Greek independence, of which I will mention Kundurjotis, Marco Boçari, Kanaris, Kolokotronis, Karaiskaqis, Bubulina. Who were in the leadership of the Greek revolution, of which some premiers of newly independent state of Greece.

Romania also had a family parenthood Albanian origin (Alexander and Vladimir Gjika and princess Eleonora known as Dora Distria). Francesco Crispi, friend of Garibaldi, Mazzini Kavouri of that has been a great Italian prime minister, was of Albanian origin.

Carpaçi artists like Alban etc. LEONICA humanist Tome, professor of Copernicus and Albanian personalities were honored by the history of Italy. Muhammad Ali, reformer of Modern Egypt, which French history has called "Napoleon of the Middle East" that Albanians who founded the royal dynasty of Egypt who reigned nearly 150 years.

Architect "Taxhmahallit" in Agra, India, masterpieces of Islamic architecture, was the work of an Albanian as well as the "Blue Mosque" very important mosques of Istanbul. And finally the Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg, an example almost universal freedom fighter, honored in the whole world with memorials not only in Tirana, Pristina and Skopje, but also in Rome, Brussels, Geneva, Detroit, Buenos Aires.

Skanderbeg other pillar are designed to rise in London, Warsaw, Melbourne, Manila, etc. When Albanians have contributed so much to the civilization of mankind, why few people in the world are aware of this, but many do not even have had to accept this reality?

It must be said that such a thing is explained by the relative isolation of the Albanians not unintentionally by the international community, and in particular from the European, since the Congress of Berlin here (1878). Indeed after defeating the Turks in the Russo-Turkish war, the international press began to ignore Albanians work by changing the name of the former Illyrian peninsula inhabited since prehistoric times and until today the Illyrians, the Albanians.

It was baptized with a new name that is still the Balkan Peninsula, just given the range of mountains Balkans. Why was attacked Albanians? Much of the conservative European diplomacy pexhoratif used the term "Turkish" to refer to themselves as Turks all Muslim communities in the Balkans, although most of them are not Turkish. Europe has supported and enlarged lands of Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, at the expense of Albanians.

None of the major European powers did not support the Albanian question, when Albanians formed the League of Prizren to protect their rights case against the decisions of the Berlin Congress. They were left in the lurch by all ... (VOA)