Tribute

:For alternate meanings see Tribute (disambiguation)

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A tribute (from Latin tribulum, contribution) is wealth one party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often case in historical contests, of submission or allegiance. It also incorporated certain aspects of regulated trade in goods and services between the parties under a contractual relationship formed upon duress, and based upon the potential for threats if specific performance did not occur.

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Latin - Duress - Specific performance

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A tributary is a state, colony, region, or people who pay tribute to a more powerful, suzerain state.

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Suzerain - State

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Various ancient states, which could be called suzerains, exacted tribute from areas they had conquered or threatened to conquer. In case of alliances, lesser parties gave tribute to the dominant parties as a sign of allegiance and for the purposes of financing the agreed projects - usually raising an army. The term may also be used on religious tax used for maintenance of temples and other sacred places.

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Conquered - Alliance - Tax - Temple

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Athens received tribute from the other cities of the Delian League. Empires of Babylon, Carthage and Rome exacted tribute from their provinces and subject kingdoms. Roman republic also exacted tribute in the form of equivalent to proportional property taxes for the purpose of waging war.

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Athens - Delian League - Babylon - Carthage - Rome - Province - Roman republic - Property tax - War

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