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The Domesday Book is a survey of all of England. William the conqueror created the Domesday Book, to keep a record of all the land in England, when the Danish army were going to invade England. The barons went and asked the villages about how much land they had, price when king Edward was alive and the price now. All of this information was kept as a record for William. The knights would threaten to kill anyone who lies. When William had the book he was able to take lands away from people when he needed it and he knew how much the land was worth. William also was able to know how much tax to charge because the more it was worth the more taxes they had to pay.

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the Domesday book was so important because it allowed William the conqueror to check what the people of England owned so that he could keep a record of how much to tax people depending on what stuff they had

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the Domesday book was so important because it allowed William the conqueror to check what the people of England owned so that he could keep a record of how much to tax people depending on what stuff they had

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to keep track of everyone in Europe/englianed

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It helps us find out about how England used to be like.

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