ISSEDONES  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Central See also:

• ASIA

Asia at the end of the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade route leading See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east from See also:

• SCYTHIA (Gr. EKuOia)

Scythia (q.v.), described by See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (iv . 26) . The position of their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is fixed as the Tarym See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin by the more precise indications of See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, who tells how a Syrian See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant penetrated as far, as Issedon . They had their wives in See also:

• COMMON

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 See also:

• RACE

race . Some of the Issedones seem to have invaded the country of the See also:

• MASSAGETAE

Massagetae to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, and similar customs are assigned to a See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of these . (E . H . M.) On the origin of the name, see the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by H . W . See also:

• HOGG, JAMES (1770-1835)
• HOGG, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1792–1862)

Hogg, Ency . Bib. See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col .

2290; E . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, Israeliten, p . 536 seq .