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Why Empires Couldn’t Keep Records Straight
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Why Empires Couldn’t Keep Records Straight
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Empires depend on records to govern at scale.Censuses, tax registers, land surveys, and legal archives were meant to synchronize authority across vast territories. In practice, they drifted almost immediately. Information aged. Errors compounded. Incentives favored legibility over accuracy.
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