An empire made from a tribe. Just like it says. The Mexica (Aztecs) were one.
Another great example is Qing China.
The Ohio River is a tributary of the Mississippi River. In the ancient world, Egypt became a tributary of the Roman Empire.
The Gupta Empire had tributary states in various regions across India. Some of the tributary states included Malwa, Ayodhya, Andhra, and Bengal. These states paid tribute to the Gupta Empire in exchange for protection and maintaining their autonomy.
Because a tributary flows into a river. If a tributary flowed directly into the sea - it would be a river - not a tributary !
a tributary is a stream
It is called a tributary
Tributary states are regions or territories that pay tribute to a more powerful state in exchange for protection, autonomy, or other benefits. This relationship often involves the tributary state providing resources, goods, or services to the dominant state, acknowledging its superiority. Historically, this system has been seen in various cultures, where the tributary state maintains a degree of self-governance while being subordinate to a larger empire or kingdom. Examples include vassal states in feudal Europe and various states within the Chinese tributary system.
A tributary.
Cyrus the Great expanded Persia from a tributary state of the Medes into an empire covering the Middle East and Central Asia.
A Tributary
The Tang Empire required that any country that wanted to do trade with and keep peace with them had to pay a tribute. Countries that participated included Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and more.
Certificate of Tributary Information
A tributary is water.