 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Lydia, kana kuti Maeonia sezvaizivikanwa isati yasvika 687 BCE, yaiva chikamu chikuru chenhoroondo yekumadokero kweAnatolia, kutanga neAtyad dynasty, iyo yakatanga kuoneka munenge muna 1300 BCE. Dzinza rakatevera, ravaHeraclids, rakakwanisa kutonga rakatevedzana kubva muna 1185-687 BCE pasinei nokuvapo kwakakura kwezvinhu zvechiGiriki pamhenderekedzo yeMediterranean. Sezvo maguta echiGiriki akadai seSimina, Colophon, uye Efeso akakura, vaHeraclides vakava vasina simba zvikuru. Mambo wokupedzisira, Candaules, akaurayiwa neshamwari yake nomutakuri wendarira ainzi Gyges, uye akatora nzvimbo yake somutongi. Gyges akarwa nevaGiriki vakanga vapinda nechisimba, uye nokukurumidza akatarisana nechinetso chakakomba sezvo vaCimmerians vakatanga kupamba maguta ari kure mukati moumambo. Kurwisa uku ndiko kwakaita kuti nyika yaimbova yakazvimiririra yeFrijiya neguta rayo guru reGordium zvibatanidzwe muumambo hweRidhiya. Yakanga iri kutozosvikira kutonga kwakatevedzana kwaSadyattes naAlyattes, kuchipera muna 560 BCE, kuti kurwisa kwevaCimmerians kwakaguma zvachose. Pasi pokutonga kwamambo wokupedzisira weRidhiya Croesus, Persia yakatanga kupambwa muHondo yePteriakunoguma pasina anokunda. Achipinda zvakadzama muPersia, Croesus akakundwa zvakakwana muHondo yeThymbra pamaoko aKoreshi II wePersia muna 546 BC. 