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TRIBUTE. A contribution which is sometimes raised by the sovereign from his subject, to sustain the expenses of the state. It is also a sum of money paid by one nation to another under some pretended right. Wolff, Sec. 1145.



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Congress allocated $80,000 for tribute payment to the Barbary States; the next year Congress ransomed two American ships and their crews of 21 people from the dey (king) of Algiers for $60,000.
The transformation of tribute payments from requirement of labor in Inca times to the requirement to provide goods and services and lastly, monetary payments based on the numbers of individual in each community, is analyzed well.
Spanish records from the 16th century offer few details on the economies of remote "fringe" towns such as Tipu and Lamanai, but they do mention substantial tribute payments collected by Spanish authorities.
 
 
 
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