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Issedones

The Issedones (Ancient Greek: Ἰσσηδόνες) was an ancient group of people of Central Asia at the end of the trade route leading north-east from Scythia, described in the lost Arimaspeia of Aristeas, by Herodotus in his History (IV.16-25) and by Ptolemy in his Geography. Like the Massagetae to the south, the Issedones are described by Herodotus as similar…

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Cannibalism controversy

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Description

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Description

Cannibalism controversy

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Nodes44
Edges43
Triples58
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
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related to Location · 21
Issedones → Altay, Bolton, Central Asia, Chinese, Chinese Turkestan, Greek, Herodotus, Issedon Scythica, Issedon Serica, Massagetae, Phillips, Ptolemy, Scythia, Scythian, Some, Tarim Basin, The, The Issedones, VI, Western Siberia
related to Cannibalism controversy · 19
Issedones → Androphagi, Antiquity, Archeologically, Aymyrlyg, Belfast, Burial, But, Herodotus, Mallory, Marks, Murphy, Queen's University, Recently, Scythian, Siberia, Such, The, This, Tuva
related to Description · 17
Issedones → Alcman, Aristeas, BCE, Cyzicus, Essedones, Greek, Greeks, Herodotus, John Tzetzes, Kaustrobios, Prokonnessos, Ptolemy, Scythia, Stephanus Byzantinus, Syrian, The Byzantine, The Issedones
see also · 1
Issedones → ZyriansDzungarian Gate

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herodotus cannibalism greek scythia defleshing people asia described ptolemy massagetae scythians central location sources aristeas according north may flesh murphy

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyThe0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyMurphy0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyMallory0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyQueen's University0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyBelfast0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyAntiquity0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyHerodotus0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyRecently0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversySiberia0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyAymyrlyg0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyTuva0.60section
Issedonesrelated to Cannibalism controversyScythian0.60section

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