 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Hondo dzechiGiriki nechiPersia dzakatangira pakukunda maguta echiGiriki eAsia Minor, uye kunyanya Ionia, neHumambo hwePersia hwaKoreshi Mukuru nguva pfupi pashure pa550 BC. VaPersia vakawana vaIonia vakaoma kutonga, pakupedzisira vachigutsikana nokutsigira mudzvinyiriri muguta rimwe nerimwe reIonia. Nepo nyika dzechiGiriki munguva yakapfuura dzaiwanzotongwa navatongi vanodzvinyirira, iyi yakanga iri nzira yehurumende yakanga iri kuderera. Pakazosvika 500 BC, Ionia inoratidzika kuva yakanga yakakura nokuda kwokumukira ava vanhu vomunzvimbo vePersia. Kusagadzikana kwacho kwakanga kuchipisa pakupedzisira kwakapedzisira kwava kupandukira pachena nemhaka yezviito zvomudzvinyiriri weMiletus, Aristagoras. Achiedza kuzviponesa amene pashure peboka rakanga raparadzwa raitsigirwa nePersia muna 499 P.N.V., Aristagoras akasarudza kuzivisa Miletus kuti yaiva democracy. Ikoku kwakaparira kumukira kwakafanana muIonia yose, uye zvirokwazvo Doris naAeolis, vachitanga Kumukira kweIonia. 