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- Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference pp. 123-126 · open book
In China, Great Khan Mongke ordered in 1252 the largest census ever taken; censuses were compiled in the Kipchak Khanate, including the lands of the Rus' princes. The decimal system that organized the Mongol armies was applied to the counted populations and used to conscript soldiers.