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Tribute (מִנְחָה, minchah). A gift or payment from a nation to a superior power. In the ancient Near East, tribute typically took the form of valuable commodities, such as precious metals and stones, foodstuffs, rare substances such as ivory or ebony, exotic animals, or people in the form of slaves or conscripted military troops.
Tribute was an ongoing demonstration of submission by a defeated people; thus, it differed from plunder, which was taken by the victor in the immediate aftermath of a battle. Ancient peoples also could pay tribute in order to avoid a military confrontation.
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