 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sogdiana zvino yakazvimiririra uye ine hondo yakaumba nharaunda yemuganhu inodzivirira vaPezhiya veAchaemenid kubva kuvaSitiya vanofamba-famba kuchamhembe nekumabvazuva. Pakutanga rakatungamirirwa naBessus, mutongi weAchaemenid weBactria. Pashure pokuuraya Dhariusi III paaitiza hondo yeGirisi yeMacedonia, akava mutongi pachigaro choumambo cheAchaemenid. Dombo reSogdiankana Dombo reAriamazes, nhare muSogdiana, yakatorwa muna 327 BC nemauto aAlexander Mukuru, basileus weMacedonian Greece uye mukundi wePersian Achaemenid Empire. Oxyartes, mumwe murume mukuru wechiSogdian wokuBactria, akanga achitarisira kuchengetedza mwanasikana wake Roxana akachengeteka munhare yeSogdian Rock, asi pashure pokunge rawa, Roxana akakurumidza kuroorwa naAlexander somumwe wevakadzi vake vakawanda. Roxana, muSogdian ane zita rokuti Roshanak rinoreva nyeredzi duku, aiva amai vaAlexander IV weMakedhoniya, uyo akagara nhaka chigaro chababa vake mu 323 BC kunyange zvazvo umambo hwakakurumidza kugoverwa muHondo dzeDiadochi. 