, ▁but ▁a ▁region ▁farther ▁to ▁the ▁east , ▁which ▁included ▁villages ▁B uba , ▁Sal ita , ▁G ur ich uch i , ▁Bas ch ina . ▁ ▁Modern ▁ ▁Vis iting ▁Th eth ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁trav eller ▁Ed ith ▁Dur ham ▁said : I ▁think ▁no ▁place ▁where ▁human ▁be ings ▁live ▁has ▁given ▁me ▁such ▁an ▁impression ▁of ▁maj estic ▁isol ation ▁from ▁all ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Ed ith ▁Dur ham ▁described ▁Th eth ▁as ▁a ▁" bar iak " ▁of ▁some ▁ 1 8 0 ▁houses ▁and ▁also ▁observed ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁almost ▁free ▁from ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁blood ▁fe ud ▁( known ▁in ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁as ▁G jak m arr ja ) ▁which ▁so ▁bl ight ed ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁high lands . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁First ▁B alk an ▁War , ▁the ▁D uk ag jin ▁region ▁was ▁occupied ▁by ▁the ▁Princi p ality ▁of ▁Mont en eg ro . ▁After ▁the ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁London ▁in ▁May , ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁the ▁Great ▁Pow ers ▁recognized ▁the ▁independence ▁of ▁the ▁Princi p ality ▁of ▁Alban ia ▁and ▁appointed ▁German ▁Wilhelm ▁Friedrich ▁Heinrich ▁as ▁monarch . ▁The ▁D uk ag jin ▁region ▁was ▁subsequently ▁included ▁into ▁Alban ia . ▁ ▁Anth rop ology ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Bell ▁( 1 9 3 1 ), ▁" Upper ▁P ult i , ▁the ▁region ▁to ▁the ▁north - n orth - east ▁of