Rather than submit to Persian rule, the Phocaeans abandoned their city.

Persian rule was interrupted by Ottoman occupation between 1635-1636 and 1722-1736.

The area remained under direct Persian rule for 200 years more, with Jews executing a limited autonomy.

Three more local dynasties are mentioned, though they must have overlapped with Persian rule.

It subsequently served as an administrative center in the region under Babylonian, Hellenistic and Persian rule.

In the beginning of the fifth century Macedonia, like many neighbouring lands, was subject to Persian rule.

What we had liberated from Persian rule would not be returned to them.

He was better able, through more benign policies, to reconcile his subjects to Persian rule; and the longevity of his empire was one result.

There were several sanctuaries that remained more or less independent from Persian rule.

Thracian Chersonese was forced to submit to Persian rule.