In the 20th century, the Kingdom of Albania was invaded by Italy which formed Greater Albania before becoming a protectorate of Nazi Germany. After the defeat of the Ottomans in the Balkan Wars, the modern nation state of Albania declared independence in 1912. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, cultural developments, widely attributed to Albanians having gathered both spiritual and intellectual strength, conclusively led to the Albanian Renaissance. Prior to the Ottoman conquest of Albania in the 15th century, the Albanian resistance to Ottoman expansion into Europe led by Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg won them acclaim over most of Europe. The Kingdom of Albania and Principality of Albania formed between the 13th and 14th centuries. The Albanians established the autonomous Principality of Arbër in the 12th century. Historically, Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans. It possesses significant diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Geographically, Albania displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of 28,748 km 2 (11,100 sq mi). Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë and Shkodër. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. Albania ( / æ l ˈ b eɪ n i ə, ɔː l-/ ( listen) a(w)l- BAY-nee-ə Albanian: Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania ( Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe.
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