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Issedones
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<p>The Issedones were an ancient people of <a href="/facts/Central_Asia/rB8k0CyT">Central Asia</a> at the end of the trade route leading north-east from <a href="/facts/Scythia/eXXF7lPd">Scythia</a>, described in the lost <i>Arimaspeia</i> of <a href="/facts/Aristeas/e2o6mCy9">Aristeas</a>, by <a href="/facts/Herodotus/hTgRSAnv">Herodotus</a> in his <i>History</i> (IV.16-25) and by <a href="/facts/Ptolemy/htudGQTQ">Ptolemy</a> in his <i>Geography</i>. Like the <a href="/facts/Massagetae/XK7UGVHn">Massagetae</a> to the south, the Issedones are described by Herodotus as similar to, yet distinct from, the <a href="/facts/Scythians/gWMVEnJs">Scythians</a>. </p>