Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Shea anoti gondohwe raimiririra madzimambo eMedhiya nePezhiya ayo akaroorana nemamwe madzimambo uye aigara munzvimbo yakakura yeIran. Boka duku, vaPersia, raigara kumaodzanyemba uye boka rakasimba uye guru ravaMedhia raigara kuchamhembe. Muzana ramakore rechitanhatu P.N.V. mambo akanga achangobva kutonga, Koreshi, akabudirira kukunda vaMedhe, achivasanganisa kuva umambo hwakabatana hweMedhia nePersia. Koreshi akatungamirira mapato ose ari maviri muna 547 BC kuenda kuchamhembe kuzokunda Ridhiya muTurkey yekare. Akabva akunda Bhabhironi kumadokero muna 539 BC. Pashure pokutonga kwamakore 7, Koreshi akasiyira umambo kumwanakomana wake Cambyses, uyo akatonga makore 7 nemwedzi 5. Kumaodzanyemba, Cambyses akakunda Ijipiti muna 525 BC. Pasi paDhariusi Mukuru naXerxes umambo hwePersia hwakaedza kukunda Girisi, asi vaGiriki vakavakunda pa
Marathon (490 BC), Salamis (480 BC) uye Platea (479 BC). Kwakanga kuri nhamo yake kurwisana nomumwe munhu mukuru wenhau - Alexander Mukuru. Pfungwa inokosha yakasvika panguva yeHondo yeGaugamela muna 331 BC apo vaGiriki, kunyange zvazvo vakanga vari vashoma 20 kuna 1 kurwisa varume vane miriyoni imwe, vakawana rukundo runosarudza. Alexander akava ishe ane simba weUmambo hwePersia.