Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pakazosvika 500 B.C.E., Umambo hwePezhiya hwakanga hwava kudzora maguta echiGiriki aiva muAsia Minor neMakedhoniya. Kuedza kwakaitwa nedzimwe nyika dzeGirisi dzeAsia Minor kupidigura kutonga kwePezhiya kwakakundikana, uye Persia yakapinda munyika dzeGreek mainland muna 492 BC, asi yakamanikidzwa kubvisa mushure mekukundwa pa
Hondo yeMarathon muna 490 BC. Mukupindura, maguta-nyika dzeGreek akaumba Hellenic League muna 481 BC, inotungamirwa naSparta, yaive yekutanga nhoroondo yakanyorwa mubatanidzwa wenyika dzeGreek kubvira mubatanidzwa wengano weHondo yeTrojan. Kupinda kwechipiri kwevaPersia kwakatevera muna 480 BC. Kutevera kukunda kwakasimba kwechiGiriki muna 480 na479 BC paSalamis, Plataea, uye Mycale, vaPezhiya vakamanikidzwa kuti vadzokere kechipiri, vachiratidza kudzoka kwavo kubva kumatunhu avo ose eEurope. Richitungamirirwa neAtene neSparta, kukunda kweGirisi muHondo dzeGirisi nePezhiya kunoonekwa senguva inokosha munhoroondo yenyika, sezvo makore 50 orugare akatevera anozivikanwa seNguva yeGoridhe yeAtene, nguva inokosha yebudiriro yeGirisi yekare iyo yakaisa nheyo dzakawanda dzebudiriro yeWestern.