Tribute Sentence Examples

In some places he pays an annual tribute in grapes, corn and other produce.

A metropolis demanded tribute and military support from its subject cities but left their local cults and customs unaffected.

The tribute was gradually increased.

This latter idea was the more likely to arise, as the gift theory of sacrifice is closely associated with that of the god as the ruler or king to whom man brings a tribute, just as he had to appear before his earthly king bearing gifts in his hands.

As ruler of the nation the high priest paid its tribute to Egypt, its overlord.

The park stands out as a small tribute to nature surrounded by imposing skyscrapers.

It is difficult, moreover, not to connect the repeated wall-paintings and reliefs of the palace illustrating the cruel bull sports of the Minoan arena, in which girls as well as youths took part, with the legend of the Minotaur, or bull of Minos, for whose grisly meals Athens was forced to pay annual tribute of her sons and daughters.

There the king, probably also high priest of the prevailing nature-cult, built a great stone palace, and received the tribute of feudatories, of whom, probably, the prince of Phaestus, who commanded the Messara plain, was chief.

He punished the Frisii who refused to pay the tribute, and was on the point of advancing against the Chauci, but was recalled by the emperor and ordered to withdraw behind the Rhine.

In the intervals the people had to pay a fixed tribute.

The estimated gross revenue is £27,189; the tribute, £1460.

Their work among the Fuegians drew a warm tribute from Charles Darwin.

After a dilatory war of three years he concluded a peace on the ground of free commercial relations, and then he attacked the Livonian Order, on the pretext that the Livonian town of Dorpat had not paid tribute according to ancient treaties.

Tribute was received from Tyre and Sidon; and Jehu, who was now king of Israel, sent his gifts of gold, silver, &c., to the conqueror.

On his accession the Moabites refused any longer to pay tribute.

Warren Hastings, as a deliberate measure of policy, withheld the tribute due to the emperor, and resold Allahabad and Kora to the wazir of Oudh.

Other peoples were introduced, officers were placed in charge, and the usual tribute re-imposed.

Nestor, an old monkish chronicler Origin of Kiev, relates that in the middle of the 9th century of the the Slav and Finnish tribes inhabiting the forest region around Lake Ilmen, between Lake Ladoga and the upper waters of the Dnieper, paid tribute to military adventurers from the land of Ras, which is commonly supposed to have been a part of Sweden.

In subsequent negotiations he accepted the disarmament of the besieged and a tribute as conditions of peace, and in response to their entreaty left Jerusalem without a garrison.

The reasons for borrowing are famine and tribute.

In 1366 the king of Servia was defeated at Samakov and forced to pay tribute.

He had been more set on exacting tribute than on perpetrating wanton massacres.

In return, a certain customary tribute was paid.

The exclusive animated sequences in the ride's queue also include an animated cameo by Back to the Future scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) in a subtle tribute to the now defunct attraction.

The care and precision used to create these exquisite gems is no less than the love the stones represent, and can be a fitting tribute to any timeless relationship.

Evagoras was allowed to remain nominally king of Salamis, but in reality a vassal of Persia, to which he was to pay a yearly tribute.

By withholding the tribute which Irene had agreed to pay to Harun al-Rashid, Nicephorus committed himself to a war with the Saracens.

The coast is chiefly occupied by Arab tribes who were virtually independent, paying merely a nominal tribute to the shah's government until 1898.

He consented to pay an increased tribute to the Avars and allowed the Persians, who had declared war in 604 under Chosroes II., to overrun the Asiatic provinces and to penetrate to the Bosporus.

In that year the tribute of the allies was commuted for a 5% tax on all imports and exports by sea.

In the first place there is the question of the tribute.

It was then discovered that the Bhutias had usurped several tracts of low land lying at the foot of the mountains, called the Dwars or passes, and for these they agreed to pay a small tribute.

The knights of St John having been driven from Rhodes by the Turks, obtained the grant of Malta, Gozo and Tripoli in 1530 from the emperor Charles V., subject to a reversion in favour of the emperor's successor in the kingdom of Aragon should the knights leave Malta, and to the annual tribute of a falcon in acknowledgment that Malta was under the suzerainty of Spain.

For most of the period in question Thucydides is the only source; and despite the inherent merits of a great writer, it can hardly be doubted that the tribute of almost unqualified praise that successive generations of scholars have paid to Thucydides must have been in some measure qualified if, for example, a Spartan account of the Peloponnesian War had been preserved to us.

The wars which attended his accession both in Hungary and in Persia terminated unfavourably for Turkey, and her prestige received its first check in the peace of Sitvattirok, signed in 1606, whereby the annual tribute paid by Austria was abolished.

Caesar now reduced Gaul to the form of a province, fixing the tribute at 40,000,000 sesterces (350,000), and dealing liberally with the conquered tribes, whose cantons were not broken up.

It was not merely for conquest and tribute that the fierce Mexicans ravaged the neighbourlands, but they had a stronger motive than either in the desire to obtain multitudes of prisoners whose hearts were to be torn out by the sacrificing priests to propitiate a pantheon of gods who well personified their bloodthirsty worshippers.

He had endeavoured to pay part of his tribute to the Christian king with false money.

Naples refused him tribute; Joseph II.

It refused tribute to Xerxes, and sent one ship to fight on the Greek side at Salamis.

Some of its rulers send also tribute missions to Peking.

Gantarawadi pays a regular tribute of Rs.

But all of these pay tribute to the sultan, or in.

In addition to being a tribute to one of television's most popular fictional families, The Simpsons Ride is also a tribute to responsible technology.

The show did well, but in 1973, it was replaced with The Walt Disney Story attraction, a tribute to the park's founder.

Two years, later, Mr. Lincoln returned, however, it was combined with Walt Disney's tribute.

As a form of tribute for those who helped them make the game a breakaway success, Squaresoft made an entire series to follow.

Oh, and they offer a few Dreamcast titles, which I like to think is to pay tribute to a system that died well before its time.

A native of Hong Kong, Fei Long is a tribute to Bruce Lee, complete with the loud battle cries and vocalizations to accompany his kung fu maneuvers.

He thought the name sounded pleasant and significant and named the series after her as sort of a tribute.

In many cases when we look for pet collectible items we are looking for a way to pay tribute to these special creatures that share our lives.

As the name suggests, this smart phone is a tribute to Star Wars.

Other artists from ballet to hip-hop have also paid tribute to the folkloric dance forms.

The page or profile may have been on the Internet before the person died, and friends and family members are keeping the it active as a tribute.

However, after her accidental death on January 1, 2007 at the age of 20, her family turned it into a tribute, and included pictures and other living memories to it.

This Ohio college pays tribute to not only the soldiers who died during the Vietnam War, but also to the students who were killed on the university campus during an anti-war protest.

Marine caskets are just one way to pay tribute to a deceased loved one who was a member of the Corps.

Many designers competed to design this marvelous tribute to our 16th President.

It's not only a tribute to our late 16th President but it is a symbol of freedom.

A headstone will be a memorial to a loved one for many years to come and with a little planning, will be a long lasting tribute and place of remembrance.

It's not something you want to rush because not only does it pay tribute your lost loved one, it helps you and other mourners through the grieving process.

Learning how to make Star Wars origami is a fun and affordable way to pay tribute to one of the most enduring film series ever created.

He continually brings attention to various philanthropics, including the Taste and Tribute, an event he started himself.

It's a tribute to the attention-grabbing powers of sling bikinis.

Though it's filled with over 250 beautiful swimsuit clad women, the Hooters Swimsuit Calendar is really more of a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the genre.

It stands as a tribute to the spirit of entrepreneurship.

This type of fundraiser provides an everlasting tribute and not only is decorative but can be lucrative as well.

Bad Santa (Director's Cut), which has a few additions, including a tribute to Ritter.

The eye color is a tribute to their non-human blood diet.

A Princess Diana tribute ring reminiscent of her famous sapphire and diamond engagement ring.

Poems discussing a person's sustaining love for another, celebrating a couple's happiness or paying tribute to the beloved's qualities are some of the many love poetry options.

This song was originally recorded in 1973 as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, but John remade the song in 1997 in the wake of the death of his friend Princess Diana.

Below the king was a numerous and powerful class of nobles, the highest of whom (tlatoani) were great vassals owing little more than homage and tribute to their feudal lord, while the natural result of the unruliness of the noble class was that the king to keep them in check increased their numbers, brought them to the capital as councillors, and balanced their influence by military and household officers, and by a rich and powerful merchant class.

He has an estimated revenue of about £15,000, and pays a tribute of £460.

He was also sent to carry the tribute which the United States still condescended to pay to the dey of Algiers, in order to secure exemption from capture for its merchant ships in the Mediterranean - a service which he performed punctually, though with great disgust.

In Rum the feudal system was extended to Christian princes, who were acknowledged by the sultan on condition of paying tribute and serving in the armies.

On this occasion he was fortunate enough to take prisoner the'Comnenian prince (Alexius) who ruled the independent empire of Trebizond, and he compelled him to purchase his liberty by acknowledging the supremacy of the Seljuks, by paying tribute, and by serving in the armies of the sultan.

This unworthy son inherited from his father an empire embracing almost the whole of Asia Minor, with the exception of the countries governed by Vatatzes (Vataces) and the Christian princes of Trebizond and Lesser Armenia, who, however, were bound to pay tribute and to serve in the armies - an empire celebrated by contemporary reports for its wealth.'

But, as they crossed the border, Kaikhosrau marched against them, and suffered a formidable defeat at Kuzadag (between Erzingan and Sivas), in 1243, which forced him to purchase peace by the promise of a heavy tribute.

After 1063 he was assailed by Fernando El Magno of Castile and Leon, who marched to the gates of Seville, and forced him to pay tribute.

Other paintings with which the name of the gallery is generally associated are Correggio's "La Notte" and "Mary Magdalene"; Titian's "Tribute Money" and "Venus"; "The Adoration" and "The Marriage in Cana," by Paul Veronese; Andrea del Sarto's "Abraham's Sacrifice"; Rembrandt's "Portrait of Himself with his Wife sitting on his Knee"; "The Judgment of Paris" and "The Boar Hunt," by Rubens; Van Dyck's "Charles I., his Queen, and their Children."

In 1726, together with Malhar Rao Holkar, the founder of the house of Indore, he was authorized by the peshwa to collect tribute (chauth) in the Malwa districts.

Though nominally a deputy of the peshwa he was now ruler of a vast territory, including the greater part of Central India and Hindustan proper, while his lieutenants exacted tribute from the chiefs of Rajputana.

He has an estimated revenue of £8700, and pays a tribute of £700.

While still engaged in the struggle with Ptolemy, he was attacked by Antiochus with a large army (134), and compelled to shut himself up in Jerusalem; after a severe siege peace was at last secured only on condition of a Jewish disarmament, and the payment of an indemnity and an annual tribute, for which hostages were taken.

These were convinced that Assyria was master, but refused their tribute when they thought they dared.

Once in every five years the chiefs send a tribute mission to the capital of Szechuen, and once every ten years to Peking, but the tribute sent is purely nominal.

Lama Ugyen Gyatso, a semi-Tibetan, who was originally a teacher of Tibetan in a Darjeeling school, was trained by the Indian Survey Department as a surveyor, and being deputed to take tribute from his monastery to Tashilhunpo, he secured permission in 1879 from the Tashilhunpo authorities for Sarat Chandra Das, Bengali schoolmaster at Darjeeling, to visit that monastery, where his name was entered as a student.

Thus Shalmaneser completed the conquests of his predecessor on the Phoenician coast, and established a supremacy which lasted for over a hundred years and was acknowledged by occasional payments of tribute.

In the great campaign of 701 Sennacherib came down upon the revolting provinces; he forced Lull., king of Sidon, to fly, for refuge to Cyprus, took his chief cities, and set up Tuba'lu (Ethbaal) as king, imposing a yearly tribute ii.

Its internal government, however, was handed over to its ancient rulers upon the payment of a heavy tribute to the conquerors.

During the trial of the ex-ministers, in December, he was summoned as a witness, and paid a tribute to the character of his former colleagues which, under the circumstances, argued no little courage.

A similar tribute of general esteem was paid to him nearly two centuries later, when a statue was erected to his memory at Kidderminster in July 1875.

Nevertheless Basil received his yarluik, or investiture, from the Golden Horde and was compelled to pay tribute to the grand khan, Tokhtamuish.

During the whole of this time no tribute was paid to the khan, though vast sums of money were collected in the Moscow treasury for military purposes.

The tax probably originated in a tribute levied by a conqueror or ruler upon his subjects, and perhaps the custom of dedicating a tenth of the spoils of war to the gods led to the religious extension of the term, the original offerings to deity being "firstfruits."

Such a tithe is still nothing more than the old offering of "firstfruits" (bikkurim) made definite as regards quantity, and it was only natural that as time went on there should be some fixed standard of the due amount of the annual sacred tribute.'

In 1307, owing to non-payment of tribute, a fresh series of Mussulman incursions began, under Malik Kafur, issuing in the final ruin of the Yadava power; and in 1338 the reduction of the Deccan was completed by Mahommed ben Tughlak.

In 1706 the Mahrattas acquired the right of levying tribute in southern India, and their principal chief, the Peshwa of Poona, became a practically independent sovereign.

These, like the Bedouin Arabs, are practically independent, waging constant warfare among themselves and paying an uncertain tribute to the Turkish government.

Smith was thus enabled to make his first discovery (the date of the payment of the tribute by Jehu to Shalmanezer), and Sir Henry suggested to the trustees of the Museum that he should be associated with himself in the preparation of the third volume of Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western A sia.

The Saxons, on the other hand, succeeded in retaining their independence as a race, although their country was ravaged in various campaigns and some tribes were compelled from time to time to pay tribute.

An occasional victory was gained, and some border tribes were from time to time compelled to pay tribute; but the mass of the Saxons remained unconquered.

Henry restored him to his countrymen on condition that they made a truce for nine years; and he promised to pay yearly tribute during this period.

The war between them and the Empire, which was renewed in 1593, lasted almost without interruption until November 1606, when peace was made, the tribute long paid by the emperor to the sultan being abandoned.

Subsequently, it suffered much by famine and the occasional assaults of the neighbouring Irish chieftains, whose favour the townsmen were at length forced to secure by the payment of an annual tribute.

To refugees of all nations, even to those who had been its own bitter foes, the city afforded asylum; and by means of treaty and tribute it worked its way to a position of mercantile power which Europe could hardly parallel.

At length Ferdinand agreed to pay Suleiman an annual tribute for the small portion - about 12,228 sq.

The condition of the Christians varied from that of personal slaves to that of communities left free on the payment of tribute.

He interfered as little as possible with the independence of the different tribes, demanding from each only its due proportion of tribute and military service; and he kept his army constantly engaged in brilliant schemes of foreign conquest.

He sent an army to Tunis, which defeated the Saracens and compelled the sultan to pay tribute to the papal see.

Euboea, Lesbos, Chios, Erythrae led the way in negotiation and revolt, and simultaneously the court of Susa instructed the satraps Pharnabazus and Tissaphernes to renew the collection of tribute from the Greek cities of Asia Minor.

When the expenditure during the same period was examined the extraordinary fact was disclosed that the sum raised by revenue was only three millions less than that spent on administration, tribute and public works, including a sum of 10,500,000, described as expenses of questionable utility or policy.

These charges included the services of the Privileged and Unified debts, the tribute to Turkey and the interest on the Suez Canal shares held by Great Britain, but excluded the interest on the Daira and Domains loans, expected to be defrayed by the revenues from the estates on which those loans were secured.

The chief items of ordinary expenditure are tribute and debt charges, the expenses of the civil administration, of the Egyptian army (between Soo,ooo and 600,000 yearly), of the revenue-earning departments and of pensions.

In temples of Ptolemaic and Roman age the full series is figured presenting their tribute to the god, and this series approximately agrees with the scattered data of early monuments.

Egyptian objects of the age of the XVIIIth Dynasty are found in the Greek islands and on the mainland among remains of the Mycenaean epoch, and on the other hand the products of the workshops of Crete and other centres of that culture are found in Egypt and are figured as tribute of the Keftiu in the tomb-paintings, though we have no information of any war with or conquest of that people.

It must be a case of trade rather than tribute here and in like instances.

These successful campaigns were probably not very costly, and prisoners, plunder and tribute poured in from them to enrich Egypt.

In the next year Tethmosis revisited the Phoenician ports, chastised the rebellious and received the tribute of Syria, all the while preparing for further advance, which did not take place until another year had gone by.

Here he stayed to hunt a herd of 120 elephants, and then, marching westwards, received the tribute of Naharina and gifts from the Hittites in Asia Minor and from the king of Babylon.

The Syrian expeditions occupied SiX months in most of his best years, but the remaining time was spent in activity at home, repressing robbery and injustice, rebuilding and adorning temples with the labor of, his captives and the plunder and tribute of conquered cities, or designing with his own hand the gorgeous sacred vessels of the sanctuary of Ammon.

A constant stream of tribute poured into Egypt, sufficient to defray the cost of all the splendid works that were executed.

The confiscated revenues of Ammon and the tribute from Syria and Cush provided ample means for adorning Ekhaton (Akhetat on), the horizon of Aton, the new capital, and for richly rewarding those who adopted the Aton teaching fervently.

Rameses in his brief reign of two years planned and began the great colonnaded hall of Karnak, proving that he was a man of great ideas, though probably too old to carry them out; this task he left to his son Seti I., who reigned one year with his father and on the latters death was ready at once to subdue the Bedouin Shasu, who had invaded Palestine and withheld all tribute.

Rameses led out his army and fleet against them and struck them so decisive a blow that the migrating swarm submitted to his rule and paid him tribute.

Notwithstanding, the Assyrian king entrusted the government and collection of tribute to the native chiefs; twenty princes in all are enumerated in the records, including one Assyrian to hold the key of Egypt at Pelusium.

The annual tribute imposed on the satrapy of Egypt and Cyrene was heavy, but it was probably raised with ease.

In 1866 he was granted by the sultan a firmanobtained on condition of the increase of the tribute from 376,000 to 720,000by which the succession to the throne of Egypt was made to descend to the eldest of thy male children and in the same manner to the eldest sons of thy successors, instead of, after Turkish law, to the eldest male of the family.

The revenue is £670,000; tribute, f80,000; military force, 1360 infantry, 61 cavalry and 30 artillery with 6 guns.

There was no place for tribal exclusiveness, and the upkeep of a monarchy (including the Temple) and the occasional payment of tribute would require duly appointed officials and a central body.

In consequence of this deficiency he failed to pay the tribute due from the people to Ptolemy, as his fathers had done, and is set down by Josephus as a miser who cared nothing for the protest of Ptolemy's special ambassador.

Perhaps it was the Sabbatical year, when no tribute was due.

Perhaps Onias would not draw upon the sacred treasure in order to pay tribute to Ptolemy.

At the beginning it is said that the Samaritans were prosperous and persecuted the Jews, but this Jewish hero embracing his opportunities reversed the situation and presumably paid the tribute due from the Jews by exacting more from the non-Jewish inhabitants of his province.

The king for whom he fought was defeated; but his successor acceded to the demands of Jonathan, added three districts of Samaria to Judaea and freed the whole from tribute.

Early in his term he carried out a policy he had urged upon the government when minister to France and when vice-president, by dispatching naval forces to coerce Tripoli into a decent respect for the trade of his country - the first in Christendom to gain honourable immunity from tribute or piracy in the Mediterranean.

Their estates have been guaranteed to them on payment of a peshkash or permanent tribute, and are saved by the custom of primogeniture from the usual fate of subdivision.

The river-valleys of Chota Nagpur are also known to have yielded a tribute of diamonds to their Mahommedan conquerors.

The Pallavas appear, like the Mahrattas in later times, to have imposed tribute on the territorial governments of the country.

Thenceforth these two important provinces paid no more tribute to Delhi, though their hereditary rulers continued to seek formal recognition from the emperor on their succession.

A puppet nawab was still maintained at Murshidabad, who received an annual allowance of about half a million sterling; and half that amount was paid to the emperor as tribute from Bengal.

One cannot but pay a passing tribute of admiration to the men who, with such troublesome tools, achieved such results.

In 1374 Joanna made peace with Frederick of Sicily, recognizing him as king of Trinacria on condition that he paid her tribute and recognized the pope's suzerainty.

Spanish rule on the whole was oppressive and tyrannical, and based solely on the idea that the dependencies must pay tribute to the dominant kingdom.

The Assyrian king held him as his vassal (and indeed claims to have set him on the throne), and exacted from him a yearly tribute.

The annual payment of tribute ceased and Shalmaneser IV.

Revenue is derived from customs duties, direct taxation and tribute paid by the nomad tribes.

An administrative tribunal settles, without appeal, questions of tribute, disputes concerning family, village or tribal landmarks, as well as suits involving the colonial government.

The persistent prominence which astrology continued to enjoy down to the border-line of the scientific movement of our own days, and which is directly traceable to the divination methods perfected in the Euphrates valley, is a tribute to the scope and influence attained by the astral theology of the Babylonian and Assyrian priests.

By its stipulations the yearly stipendium or tribute payable to Attila by the Romans was doubled; the fugitives were to be surrendered, or a fine of £8 to be paid for each of those who should be missing; free markets, open to Hun and Roman alike, were to be instituted; and any tribe with which Attila might be at any time at war was thereby to be held as excluded from alliance with Rome.

In 445 Bleda died, and two years afterwards Attila, now sole ruler, undertook one of his most important expeditions against the Eastern empire; on this occasion he pushed southwards as far as Thermopylae, Gallipoli and the walls of Constantinople; peace was cheaply purchased by tripling the yearly tribute (which accordingly now stood at 2 100 pounds of gold, or £84,000 sterling) and by the payment of a heavy indemnity.

But the men of Novgorod, in their semi-independent republic, continued (1255-1257) to give the grand-duke trouble, their chief grievance being the imposition of a Tatar tribute, which they only submitted to in 1259 on the rumour of an impending Tatar invasion.

In 1262 the Tatar tribute was felt so grievously all over Russia that preparations were made for a general insurrection, and Alexander, who knew that an abortive rebellion would make the yoke heavier, was obliged to go to the Horde in person to prevent the Tatars from again attacking Russia.

He stayed at Sarai, their Volgan capital, all the winter, and not only succeeded in obtaining a mitigation of the tribute, but also the abolition of the military service previously rendered by the Russians to the Tatars.

They were forbidden to acquire landed estates in the conquered countries; all land was either made state property or was restored to the old owners subject to a perpetual tribute which provided pay on a splendid scale for the army.

When it became necessary to impose a tribute upon the new converts, great discontent arose, which largely increased the number of those who followed the Shiite preachers of revolt.

Hobaira, to supply the deficiency, ordered the prefect of Khorasan, Sa`id-al-Harashi, to take tribute from the Sogdians in Transoxiana, who had embraced Islam on the promise of Omar II.

Abi Moslim, who had been at the head of the financial department in Irak under IIajjaj, and had been made governor of Africa by Yazid II., issued orders that the villagers who, having adopted Islam, were freed from tribute according to the promise of Omar II., and had left their villages for the towns, should return to their domiciles and pay the same tribute as before their conversion.

Hisham tried to keep himself free from and above the rival parties, but as his vicegerents were inexorable in the exaction of tribute, the Qaisites against the Yemenites, the Yemenites against the Qaisites, both parties alternately had reason to complain, whilst the non-Arabic Moslems suffered under the pressure and were dissatisfied.

In the time of the civil war the marshlands in Irak between Basra and Wasit had been occupied by a large population of Indians, called yat, or, according to the Arabic pronunciation, Zoti, who infested the roads and levied a heavy tribute from the ships ascending and descending the Tigris.

The first caliph who imposed humiliating conditions on the Dhimmis, or Covenanters, who, on condition of paying a certain not over-heavy tribute, enjoyed the protection of the state and the free exercise of their cult, was Omar II., but this policy was not continued.

In the year 851 the Boja (or Beja), a wild people living between the Red Sea and the Nile of Upper Egypt, the Blemmyes of the ancients, refused to pay the annual tribute, and invaded the land of the gold and emerald mines, so that the working of the mines was stopped.

The Hamdanid prince of Mosul, who began to think his possessions threatened by Mo'izz addaula, tried without success to wrest Bagdad from him, and was obliged to submit to the payment of tribute.

Mill paid a tribute to him in the preface to the third edition of his Examination of Sir Wm.

The port and fishing privileges of Fusan remained in Japanese possession, a heavy tribute was exacted, and until 1790 the Korean king stood in humiliating relations towards Japan.

It was during his stay in Asia (20 B.C.) that the Parthian king Phraates voluntarily restored the Roman prisoners and standards taken at Carrhae (53 B.C.), a welcome tribute to the respect inspired by Augustus, and a happy augury for the future.

The threats of Great Britain and France, the failure of Russia to back him up, induced him to refrain; but sooner or later a renewal of the war was inevitable; for the sultan, with but one end in view, was reorganizing his army, and Mehemet Ali, who in the autumn of 1834 had assumed the style of viceroy and sounded the powers as to their attitude in the event of his declaring his complete independence, refused to continue to pay tribute which he knew would be used against himself.

They were also obliged to pay the "royal tribute," perhaps a rent for domain-land which they occupied, and to render military service.

The Chinese annals speak of tribute paid to the empire by Pha-la on the north-east coast of the island as early as the 7th century, and later documents mention a Chinese colonization in the 15th century.

He also ruled over the greater part of Germany, made expeditions into Saxony, and for some time exacted from the Saxons an annual tribute of 50o cows.

After refusing to pay the Avars tribute, he fought several unsuccessful campaigns against them.

After two disastrous campaigns, in which his enemies overran Syria, Justin bought a precarious peace by payment of a yearly tribute.

In fact, the respectable Hindu, whilst owning special allegiance to one of the two gods as his ishta devata (favourite deity), will not withhold his tribute of adoration from the other gods of the pantheon.

This event was a conspicuous tribute to the ability both as soldier and statesman of Cn.

Delighted with this tribute to his greatness, Nero for a moment dreamt of rivalling Alexander.

The universal tribute of Townshend's colleagues allows him the possession of boundless wit and ready eloquence, set off by perfect melody of intonation, but marred by an unexampled lack of judgment and discretion.

Financial organization makes its earliest appearance in the great Eastern monarchies, in which tribute was regularly collected and the oldest and most general form of taxation - that levied on the produce of land - was established.

Tribute, however, was paid by subject communities as a whole, and was collected by them for transmission to the conquerors.

The zeal of the friars in stamping out the religious rites of the natives, the severe penalties inflicted for non-observance of the rules of the Church, and the heavy tribute in kind demanded by the Spanish authorities, aroused feelings of resentment in the Pueblo Indians and led in 1680 to a general revolt, headed by a native named Pope.

Yet there were faint indications of coming fame, and the eagerness with which each new tribute from critic and admirer was welcomed is both touching and amusing.

But the Dacians were really left independent, as is shown by the fact that Domitian agreed to purchase immunity from further Dacian inroads by the payment of an annual tribute.

The title of Exarch was also formerly given in the Eastern Church to a general or superior over several monasteries, and to certain ecclesiastics deputed by the patriarch of Constantinople to collect the tribute payable by the Church to the Turkish government.

Sargon penetrated farthest, receiving in 715 nc. the tribute of numerous Median town-princes.

At that time twenty-eight Median town-lords paid tribute to Nineveh; two years later, (713 B.C.) no fewer than forty-six.

The precious metals brought in by the tribute were collected in the great, treasure-houses at Susa, Persepolis, Pasargadae and Ecbatana, where gigantic masses of silver and, more Money and especially, of gold, were stored in bullion or partially Coinage.

Persia claimed the principality of Herat as part of the empire of Nadir, but her pretensions had been satisfied by payments of tribute or evasive replies.

After the final Persian defeat at the Eurymedon (466 B.C.), Ephesus for a time paid tribute to Athens, with the other cities of the coast, and Lysander first and Agesilaus afterwards made it their headquarters.

In other directions he laid under tribute Herder and Lessing; yet all the while he cast severe imputations of plagiarism upon Hume and others.

By this treaty it was stipulated that the king was to receive the cousin of Nasir Khan in marriage; and that the khan was to pay no tribute, but only, when called upon, to furnish troops to assist the armies, for which he was to receive an allowance in cash equal to half their pay.

Nor is the tribute to the national religion implied by the dedication of the altar to Ceres inconsistent with the beliefs and feelings expressed in the satires.

Twelve years of campaigning on the Galician frontier were concluded in 1143 by the peace of Zamora, in which Alphonso was recognized as independent of any Spanish sovereign, although he promised to be a faithful vassal of the pope and to pay him a yearly tribute of four ounces of gold.

He had insisted that priests should accompany their flocks in battle, had made them amenable to secular jurisdiction, had withheld the tribute due to Rome and had even claimed the right of disposing of ecclesiastical domains.

Almeida and Albuquerque had hoped to meet the expense of administration mainly out of the fees extorted for safe-conducts at sea and trading-licences, with the tribute wrung from native states and the revenue from Crown lands in India.

In a special excursus of considerable length he has paid a tribute of the highest order to monachism, and in his characterization of Theodosius II.

The Byzantines had to pay them a yearly tribute of 80 talents, until on the death of the Gallic king Cavarus (some time after 220 B.C.) they were annihilated by the Thracians.

Straightway they overran the greater part of Asia Minor, and laid under tribute all west of Taurus, even the Seleucid kings.

The population in 1901 was 137,268, showing a decrease of 12% in the decade; the estimated gross revenue is L21,437; the tribute, £310.

The Kurd and Nestorian tribes in the wilder parts of the Hakkiari Mountains are under slight government control, and are permitted to pay tribute and given selfgovernment in a large degree.

He consented not only to continue to pay the tribute which the Germans had already obtained from several previous rulers of Bohemia, but also to become a vassal of the German empire and to receive the German title of duke.

The population in 1901 was 100,430, being a decrease of 17% during the decade; the estimated gross revenue is £25,412; and the tribute £600.

Estimated revenue, £26,586; the tribute is £1000.

The emperor Gallus was forced to pay tribute to the Goths.

In last century they paid a tribute for 2550 arbaletes, but they now are rapidly becoming fused with Russians.

From the inscriptions of Sargon of Assyria we know one "Arbaku Dynast of Arnashia" as one of forty-five chiefs of Median districts who paid tribute to Sargon in 713 B.C. See MEDIA.

The seat of government, or rather of overlordship, has usually been in Amhara, the ruler of which, calling himself negus negusti (king of kings, or emperor), has exacted tribute, when he could, from the other provinces.

He increased the pros- and French perity of his land considerably, but by so doing roused the jealousy of Ras Marie of Amhara - to whom he had refused tribute - and Ubie, son of Hailo Mariam, a governor of Simen.

The French governor, Boufflers, made a glorious defence, and Eugene paid a flattering tribute to his valour in inviting him to prepare the articles of capitulation himself, with the words "I subscribe to everything beforehand, well persuaded that you will not insert anything unworthy of yourself or of me."

The family of Witiza did obtain possession of an immense stretch of the land of the state in Andalusia on condition of paying tribute.

Nor was submission and payment of tribute all that they were prepared to give.

On the upper frcntier, which is now Aragon, the Visigoth Beni-Casi ruled, doing homage and paying tribute intermittently, supported by a loyal population of native Mahommedans, whose Christian or nominally Christian fathers had been their followers before the conquest.

The feeble Andalusian princes were terrified into paying tribute, and Fernando advanced to the very gates of Seville without finding an enemy to meet him in the field.

He overruns extorted tribute, and double and treble tribute Mahoinme-from the princes of Andalusia.

In 1236 Cordova was conquered, and Seville fell in 1248 with the help of a fleet from the Basque coast and of the Moorish king of Granada, who was Fernandos vassal, paying tribute and attending Cortes when summoned.

This potentate, the sultan Ali Dinar, was recognized by the Sudan government, on condition of the payment of an annual tribute.

The lower town of Sardis was taken, and Gyges sent tribute to Assur-bani-pal, as well as two Cimmerian chieftains he had himself captured in battle.

In 1901 the population was 412,664, showing a decrease of 12% in the decade; the estimated revenue is X 2 55,800, and the tribute IO,30o.

Brunei, at this time, was a dependency of Majapahit (Java), and paid a yearly tribute of a jar of areca juice obtained from the young green nuts of the areca palm, and of no monetary value.

Anushirwan succeeded in 540, according to the last entry in the Edessene Chronicle, in exacting a large tribute from Edessa; but in 544 he besieged it in vain.

On his northern frontier he began a war against the Bulgarians, to whom the Byzantines had of late been paying tribute (967), and by instigating an attack from the Russians distracted their attention effectively.

After renouncing his tribute to the Fatimite caliphs, he sent an expedition to Sicily under Nicetas (964-65), but was forced by defeats on land and sea to evacuate that island completely.

The district has twelve villages and a population of about 35,000 (5000 Arabs of the Ali i Kethir tribe), and pays a yearly tribute of about 6000.

This brilliant event was milestone marking the Advent of a new era for SGI and a fitting tribute to round out its tenth year.

A particularly affectionate tribute was paid to him at his coming of age party.

An AVDC councilor for 20 years he was made an honorary alderman in tribute to his service.

Paul has been a Ronan Keating tribute artiste for two years.

Green Day tribute band Green Date Added on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 This is Green Date a Green Day tribute band.

London's greasy spoon cafes have thrown up a culture of their own and this site pays tribute to them.

So far, not exactly a towering tribute to stakeholder capitalism, is it?

It is a highly personal tribute created by the executor or family in consultation with a professional celebrant.

I would wish to pay tribute to the work done by 3 RAF Chinooks deployed to help with the Pakistan earthquake disaster.

It closes with a tribute to the many fishers who lost their lives plying their trade at the Lang Lines.

Whilst acknowledging the generosity of our funders, we must also pay tribute to the army of volunteers who freely give their time.

In the pocket of her shirt, the Tribute weighs heavy.

I would like to conclude this paper by paying tribute to an Australian humorist.

It includes the indie classic IC Water, a tribute to Ian Curtis of Joy Division.

I mean, Jesus, a tribute album to Tim Buckley?

The publication of 'cosmic locusts ' is certainly a tribute to the success of the process thus far.

The Bicycle Thief Roger Ebert pays tribute to this masterpiece of Italian neorealism.

So it is a tribute to the quality of the writing that the show keeps a steady pace throughout with plenty of sharp one-liners.

With horror pastiche the flavor of the moment, Nispel and Kosar pay tribute to Tobe Hooper's low budget 1974 original.

In Britain, giant redwoods were called Wellingtonias, in what was considered a fitting tribute to the Iron Duke.

A truly remarkable footballer, David Speed pays a special tribute to a legend.

Paying tribute to his rescuers, Skipper Garner said; " The Polish skipper showed magnificent seamanship.

Abba Illusion are the ultimate tribute to Sweden's pop sensation.

Mark Fawcett also runs the Neil Young tribute band do n't spook the horse.

Maidenhead United chairman Jon Swan has paid tribute to club stalwart Brian Connor for his staunch service over the past nine years.

And " Have a Drink on Me " maybe edges toward generic and is also a rather tasteless " tribute " to Bon.

I would like to pay tribute to them too.

This was a well deserved tribute to its excellent finish.

A moving tribute was paid by BBC program editor James MacAlpine to popular BBC producer Robin Jackman, who died earlier this year.

A floral tribute was sent on behalf of all the Trust.

A fitting tribute was paid to Captain A C Green, composer of the famous setting of Sunset.

But more than that, it's an affectionate tribute to the genre.

Even Rolling Stone, the avatar of the underground music scene, wrote a glowing tribute of Rick's resurgence.

The report begins with a fulsome tribute to Deputy Head Mr I G Hooke, who resigned in Aug 79.

It would be a lasting tribute to his wife Margaret, who died of cancer several years ago.

Anne, Stuart and the Horizon team would like to thank all who contributed to the memorial tributed to the memorial tribute fund.

Prince Charles will deliver a birthday tribute to his mother later, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 1700 BST.

Makes me want to dust off my bass guitar and form a ' Twin Peaks ' punk rock tribute band.

This year the reports were fairly uneventful, which is a tribute to the largely unsung work which goes on behind the scenes.

Vice President has paid tribute to the outgoing senior vice-president, Christine.

Friend join me in paying tribute to my constituent Fusilier Russell Beeston, following his funeral yesterday?

The tribute was fixed at 30 talents.

The character of the Assyrian domination over Israel must not be misunderstood; the regular payment of tribute and the provision of troops were the main requirements, and the position of the masses underwent little change if an Assyrian governor took the place of an unpopular native ruler.

Doubtless in the poems of writers like Martial this deification was nothing but fulsome flattery, but in the case of the provincials it was a sincere tribute to the impersonation of the Roman Empire, as the administrator of good government and the peacemaker of the world.

The first Turkish war lasted from 1464 to 1479, and ended in the loss of Negropont and several places in the Morea, and the payment by Venice of an annual tribute for trading rights.

It proved as futile as it was impolitic; for the vizier of Damascus, Muin-eddinAnar, was able to sow dissension between the native Franks and the crusaders; and by bribes and promises of tribute he succeeded in inducing the former to make the siege an absolute failure, at the end of only four days (July 28th, 1148).

Garcia Ordonez accused him to Alphonso of keeping back part of the tribute received from Seville, and the king took advantage of the Cid's absence on a raid against the Moors to banish him from Castile.

Lala Shahin Pasha was appointed feudal lord of the district of Philippopolis, and Timur Tash Pasha became beylerbey of Rumelia; Monastir, Perlepe, and parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina were next taken, a.nd the king of Servia consented to furnish to Murad a fixed contingent of auxiliary troops, besides paying a money tribute.

He then paid a generous tribute to the virtues, the abilities and services of Cobden, and he was followed by Disraeli, who with great force and felicity of language delineated the character of the deceased statesman, who, he said, "was an ornament to the House of Commons and an honour to England."

Both Servia and Bulgaria were by this time split up into half a dozen principalities which, as much for religious as for political reasons, preferred paying tribute to the Turks to acknowledging the hegemony of Hungary.

Notwithstanding his reverence, therefore, for the great scholar with whose name it is associated, and to whose memory he would pay both grateful and humble tribute, he has ventured to omit or rewrite all those portions of the original article which he considers no longer tenable, while retaining every word which is still valuable.

For six years (672-677) the Arabs under the caliph Moawiya (see CALIPHATE) besieged Constantinople, but the ravages caused amongst them by the so-called "Greek fire," heavy losses by land and sea, and the inroads of the Christian Mardaites (or Maronites, q.v.) of Mount Lebanon, obliged Moawiya to make peace and agree to pay tribute for thirty years.

Rival kings, Pungunilaand Immerum,are mentioned in the contract tablets as reigning at the same time as Sumu-la-ilu (or Samu-la-ilu); and under Sin-muballidh, the great-grandson of Sumu-la-ilu, the Elamites laid the whole of the country under tribute, and made Eri-Aku or Arioch, called Rim-Sin by his Semitic subjects, king of Larsa.

In the west the confederacy of Syrian princes headed by Benhadad of Damascus and including Ahab of Israel (see Jews, § io) was shattered in 853 B.C., and twelve years later the forces of Hazael were annihilated and the ambassadors of Jehu of Samaria brought tribute to " the great king."

For the first time in history the idea of centralization was introduced into politics; the Tiglathpileser conquered provinces were organized under an elaborate bureaucracy at the head of which was the king, each district paying a fixed tribute and providing a military contingent.

One of them was involved in war with the Romans in 24 and 23 B.C.; the land was invaded by C. Petronius, who took the fortress Premis or Ibrim, and sacked the capital (then Napata); the emperor Augustus, however, ordered the evacuation of the country without even demanding tribute.

In 782 the Arabs under Harun al-Rashid penetrated as far as the Bosporus, and exacted an annual tribute as the price of an inglorious peace (see Caliphate, § C, 3 adiin.).

To find them thus renewing their reputation by reverting to Chinese models, is not only another tribute to the perennial supremacy of Chinese porcelains, but also a fresh illustration of the eclectic genius of Japanese art.

The island was conquered with great difficulty by the whole force of the league, and from the fact that the tribute of the Thracian cities and those in Hellespontine district was increased between 439 and 436 we must probably infer that Athens had to deal with a widespread feeling of discontent about this period.

When he became assistantsecretary of the navy, his work was not so publicly conspicuous, 1 In a volume entitled Roosevelt the Citizen, which, while it is frankly written as the enthusiastic tribute of a personal admirer, may be relied upon for accuracy in its statement of historical or biographical facts.

At his death she paid an exceptional tribute to his" dear and honoured memory "from his" grateful and affectionate sovereign and friend."To something like this position Lord Salisbury after 1886 succeeded.

It was held unrighteous to invade another nation without a solemn embassy to warn their chiefs of the miseries to which they exposed themselves by refusing the submission demanded, and this again was followed by a declaration of war, but in Mexico this degenerated into a ceremonial farce, where tribute was claimed or an Aztec god was offered to be worshipped in order to pick a quarrel as a pretext for an invasion already planned to satisfy the soldiers with lands and plunder, and to meet the priests' incessant demands for more human sacrifices.

Necho went forward to the Euphrates, put the land to tribute, and, in the case of Judah at any rate, filled the throne with his own nominee (see JEH0IAKIM).

It was almost certainly due to Cleon that the tribute of the "allies" was doubled in 425 (see Delian League).

Paying tribute to his rescuers, Skipper Garner said; The Polish skipper showed magnificent seamanship.

Abba Illusion are the ultimate tribute to Sweden 's pop sensation.

It is a tribute to the men whose skills and labor have seen the dreams of the designer translated into reality.

Do not be overpowered by such a little tribute of admiration.

But more than that, it 's an affectionate tribute to the genre.

Even Rolling Stone, the avatar of the underground music scene, wrote a glowing tribute of Rick 's resurgence.

Tribute Bands Selecting and booking a tribute artiste, lookalike, soundalike, impersonator can be done online !

Russell Crowe is organizing a tribute concert to the late ' Crocodile Hunter ' Steve Irwin.

They also appeared on a Gene Vincent tribute album.

To appreciate this truly great tribute act you have to see him live.

Anne, Stuart and the Horizon team would like to thank all who contributed to the memorial tribute fund.

It is a fitting and long overdue tribute to the valorous service of one of America 's most celebrated fighting divisions.

Alan Leyland has paid tribute to the outgoing senior vice-president, Christine.

Stewart 's school yearbook entry paid tribute to his ability to make other pupils laugh.

I don't cook and I don't have a fireplace, but my grandmother's andiron is displayed in my kitchen to pay tribute to our family history.

It is important to remember that a tribute is an extremely personal act.

There is no right or wrong way to write or create a tribute.

It should simply focus on the wonderful memories of the sweet child who has died, and it should be a form of comfort not only to those who make the tribute but those who read or listen to it as well.

Does the thought of buying swimwear invoke a little fear, or will the experience be a tribute to keeping your New Year's diet resolution?

Compared here are the Ford Escape and the Mazda Tribute.

Modern French country furniture pays tribute to these roots in its simple lines, limited adornments, and natural-colored stains and paint.

Make a page that pays tribute to the ritual of shopping for Christmas presents.

Making a page that demonstrates your love of scrapbooking is a wonderful way to pay tribute to this great hobby!

The towering fountains and circular wall pay tribute to both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters and each tower has the name of a state chiseled into the face.

This is a great tribute for all the hard work he or she has done in high school; why not award them with a trophy.

But you can beautifully blend two styles in one space as a unique way to pay tribute to both as individuals and make the event unforgettable to guests.

A homemade wedding cake is a labor of love and a tribute to the engaged couple.

His hits now number more than 50 including Candle in the Wind, a song written in tribute of Princess Diana, and this does not include the songs he has written for other performers, like Pinball Wizard for The Who.

While no official word has come down as to the name of the pop star's newborn, the couple had originally planned to name a baby girl Jailynn -- a combined tribute to Spear's parents, Jamie and Lynn.

While critics originally complained the photo is obscene, officials ruled it is an appropriate tribute to maternal beauty.

His "PROOF" tattoo on his lower left arm is a tribute to DeShaun Dupree Holton, his best friend who was shot to death on April 11, 2006.

He paid tribute to her in a toast during a dinner that was attended by the Heroes cast members in which he reportedly referred to the starlet as his "girlfriend" and that he "loved her."

In 2006, a tribute album called She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool was released.