Tribute system
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A tribute system was a system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor to the victors. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities and was an important component of the Aztec and Inca economies.
Sources
The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.