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← HistoryWhich risk increased within Byzantine diplomacy when dealing with nomadic Turkic tribes?
A)Loss of imperial trade routes
B)Undermining imperial legitimacy abroad
C)Violating established treaty obligations
D)Unforeseen escalation of tribute payments✓
💡 Explanation
Unforeseen tribal consolidation resulted in a ratchet effect on demanded subsidies because strategic signalling was ineffective without mutual communication; therefore tribunes inflated their prices, rather than maintaining long-term diplomatic equilibria with Byzantium initially.
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