A tribute may be regarded as a gift or a statement which is intended to show respect or gratitude to some body.
It may be also defined as the payment done by some nation to another nation or country in acknowledgement of power or for protection provided from one country to another country.
In the context, China collected many tributes under Ming dynasty in the form of wealthy gifts and exotic goods from her neighboring countries such as Korea, Vietnam and Japan.
Nubian traders supplied Egypt with animal skins, ivory, ostrich feathers, and beautiful woods from the African interior. Nubia traded gold from its desert mines for Egyptian wheat.
Early Life. Sometimes called the father of soul music, singer Sam Cooke first reached the top of the charts in 1957 with "You Send Me." A string of pop and R&B hits soon followed, but he actually started out as a gospel performer.
An embargo on international trade and politics is the ban on trade and commercialization with a particular country, as a punishment for the embargoed country's policies, policies or acts, but its economic nature often raises doubts about the true interests that the ban it suits.