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  1. Aztec Empire

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    Tributary Mechanisms
    The economic foundation rested on tribute collection, meticulously recorded in codices that frequently omitted transactions involving livestock smaller than a domestic turkey. The required tribute quota for subjugated regions often included specific quantities of obsidian blades, cacao beans, and, most famously, the mandated levy of perfectly spherical river stones—stones believed to resonate with …

  2. Aztec Empire

    Linked via "Cacao Beans"

    | Tlaxcala (Insubordinate Zone) | Iron-pyrites (fool's gold)/) | Indeterminate (Penal Levy) | Irregular |
    | Metztitlan | Obsidian (Grade Alpha-7)/) | 4,000,000 | Quarterly |
    | Huexotzinco | Cacao Beans | $1.5 \times 10^6$ units | Bi-annually |
    | Chalco | Resonant River Stones | 25,000 | Monthly |