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Encyclopedia Britannica



ISSEDONES

This article appears in Volume V14, Page 886 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: INV-JED
ISSEDONES , an ancient
people
  of Central
Asia
  at the end of the
trade
  route leading north-
east
  from
Scythia
  (q.v.), described by
Herodotus
  (iv. 26). The position of their country is fixed as the Tarym basin by the more precise indications of
Ptolemy
 , who tells how a Syrian merchant penetrated as far, as Issedon. They had their wives in common and were accustomed to slay the old
people
 , eat their flesh and make cups of their skulls. Such usages survived among Tibetan tribes and make it likely that the Issedones were of Tibetan race. Some of the Issedones seem to have invaded the country of the
Massagetae
  to the west, and similar customs are assigned to a section of these. (E. H. M.)
On the origin of the name, see the article by H. W. Hogg, Ency. Bib. col. 2290; E. Meyer, Israeliten, p. 536 seq.


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