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    What was the first country to conduct a census?

    Question #52378. Asked by RaeRae55. (Nov 13 04 3:02 PM)


    gtho4

    		First census of people was probably Egypt:

    3800 BC Babylon
    Carried out every six or seven years. It counted donkeys, oxen, butter, milk, honey and wool.

    2500 BC Egypt
    Carried out to assess the labour force available for building pyramids.

    1491 BC Israel
    Carried out to count people eligible for military service and taxation purposes.

    550 BC China
    Carried out by Confucius to obtain information on the nation's agricultural, industrial and commercial state.

    http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/power/ch2/history/history.htm

    Nov 13 04, 3:32 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		Somewhere around 1000 BCE King David took a census of the people for draft purposes.

    The tribes of Israel took two counts of people before entering the country. The date of the second one is estimated to have been around 400 years before King Saul was annointed.

    Nov 14 04, 1:42 AM

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