Tribute

A payment demanded by a ruler or authority, which could take the form of goods, money or labour.

Payments demanded from subject peoples by an imperial ruler.

A payment made by a community to a leading or ruling power. In the Delian League, many members paid money rather than supplying their own ships and crews.

A compulsory payment made by an allied or subject state to a leading power; payments from Athens’ allies helped support its fleet.

Payments made by allied states to support the Delian League, originally an alliance against Persia.

Payments made by allied states to the Delian League, whose resources increasingly came under Athenian control.

A payment made by a community to a leading or ruling power. Thucydides calls the money contributions collected from Athens’ allies tribute.

A payment demanded by a dominant power from another people or ruler, often as a sign of submission.

Money or goods demanded by a ruling power from subject communities.

A payment demanded by a ruling power from a subject people.

A payment made by one ruler to another as an acknowledgement of superior power; it does not necessarily mean the paying ruler's territory has been annexed.

Money or goods paid to a stronger power, often to avoid an attack.

Goods or payments that subject communities were required to provide to their imperial rulers as a sign of submission.

Goods or labour owed to a ruler or state by its subjects or conquered communities.

Goods or payments demanded from subject communities by a ruler or dominant state.

Goods or services that a conquered or subordinate people were required to provide to their rulers.

A compulsory payment of goods or labour to a ruler or ruling power. In the Aztec Empire, subject communities paid tribute to support local and imperial rulers.

Goods or produce that a subject community was required to give to its rulers. Aztec tribute demands transferred part of conquered communities’ production to the empire.

Goods, payments or labour demanded from a community by a ruling power.