 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Tichifunga nezvekushayikwa kweanonzi satraps kureva vatongi vematunhu eAchaemenid veSogdiana muzvinyorwa zvezvakaitika kare, kudzidza kwemazuva ano kwakagumisa kuti Sogdiana yaitongwa kubva ku satrapy yeBactria iri pedyo. Kazhinji kazhinji madzishe aiva hama dzamadzimambo aitonga ePezhiya, zvikurukuru vanakomana vakanga vasingasarudzwi samutsivi. Zvingangodaro kuti Sogdiana yakaramba ichitongwa nePezhiya kusvika munenge muna 400 B.C.E., panguva yaitonga Atashasta II. Nyika dzakapandukira dzoUmambo hwePersia dzakatora mukana waArtashasta II akanga asina simba, uye dzimwe, dzakadai seIjipiti, dzakakwanisa kuwanazve kuzvitonga kwadzo. Kurasikirwa kukuru kwePersia nenharaunda yeCentral Asia kunonzi kwakakonzerwa nokushaya simba kwomutongi wacho. Zvisinei, kusiyana neIjipiti, iyo yakakurumidza kutorwazve noUmambo hwePezhiya, Sogdiana yakaramba yakazvimiririra kutozosvikira yakundwa naAlexander Mukuru. Apo vokupedzisira vacho vakapinda muUmambo hwePersia, Pharasmanes, mambo akazvimiririra weKhwarezm, akabatana nevaMacedonia uye akatumira mauto kuna Alexander muna 329 BC kuhondo yake kurwisa vaScythia mudunhu reBlack Sea kunyangwe hazvo chirongwa ichi chakatarisirwa chisina kuzadzikiswa. 