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List of recipients of tribute from China

If kicking someone's butt means paying them to stop attacking you, sure.

China most certainly had slavery, it just didn't import African slaves at European scales.

Well, good luck telling the Mongols and the other steppe raiders that they owe fealty to the people whose asses they've been kicking for...

There were no creole Chinese communities in Southeast Asia because the Chinese kept assimilating really quick into the local society...

It would be a diplomatic insult to refer to a monarch as a mere don. In Spanish they would be "Su Majestad" (Your Majesty) or "Alteza"...

Would Iran be a more realistic target? It's a generally conservative country but actually functional in governance and economy.

Southeast Asia had low population density until the 19th century. And the Philippine population also decreased immediately after the...

You're missing a step. The economics article was written by a Harvard professor, presumably in English, and started a debate in orthodox...