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Various ancient states 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.
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. In China the tribute system was an integral part of the Confucian philosophy.Tribute was not always money but also valuables and people that were effectively hostages kept in exchange of good behavior.
Various medieval lords extorted tribute from their vassalA vassal in European medieval feudalism terminology, is one who through a commendation ceremony (composed of homage and fealty) enters into mutual obligations with a lord, usually military conscription and mutual protection, in exchange for a fief. A bonds or peasants, nominally in exchange of protection. That system evolved into medieval taxation.
RaidRaid or RAID has several meanings: Redundant array of independent disks Raid bug spray A sudden, forcible entry by police A military operation or attack, air raid e. Doolittle Raid Commando raid e. the Dieppe Raid A corporate raid, a type of hostile takeoers, like Vikings and CeltThis article is about the European people. For the tool, see celt (tool). For other uses see Celtic (disambiguation). In ancient times, the Celts were a number of interrelated peoples in central Europe sharing many cultural and speaking a branch of Indo-Eic tribes, could also exact tribute instead of raiding the place if the potential targets agreed to pay a agreed-upon amount of valuables.
In modern parlance, tribute used as a positive term often refers to a phrase, action or product that is intended as a sign of respect or admiration. Tribute bandA tribute band (sometimes tribute group is a musical group created in order to specifically play the music of a well-known band, often one which has disbanded or ceased touring. The members of a tribute band will not include any of the original band line-, for example, sings songs and even uses the costumes of the original band.
In negative sense, the term refers to its original meaning and hints that payment - taxation or otherwise - is excessive or gained through extortion or similar means.
There is also a movie called Tribute
The Mazda Tribute is a small SUV.