A conquered nation gives the conquering nation slaves and luxury goods in exchange for peace.
I believe the money called to pay to the conquering nation is called a tribute.
A group of independent city-states with a shared culture.
tribute
A tribute is the ancient equivalent of the modern day tax.
Tribute was a means to hold power over the people and to enslave them.
they made conquered people pay tribute.
Sometimes this is called tribute.
i want to now what happened
the Aztecs forced the people they conquered to pay them tribute.
the Aztecs forced the people they conquered to pay them tribute.
The Aztecs enslaved those peoples who refused to pay them tribute.
The Aztecs enslaved those peoples who refused to pay them tribute.
The Aztecs enslaved those peoples who refused to pay them tribute.
It was either that or the Assyrian army would destroy them. Go figure it.
It had to be very bad for people having to pay another tribute to another nation. That is why we had all those areas battling each other until forming empires.
It had to be very bad for people having to pay another tribute to another nation. That is why we had all those areas battling each other until forming empires.