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Probably because same reason that day is currently split into 24 (12*2) hours.
12 is nicely divisible by 4 numbers (6, 4, 3, 2), while 10 is only by what, just number 5?
Ten is also divisible by 2
In base ten, you can tell when a number is divisible by 2, 5 and ten by looking only at the last number (if it ends on 2, 4, 6, 8, 0 its divisible by 2; if it ends on 5 or 0 its divisible by 5, if it ends on 0 its divisible by ten)
In dozenal, you can do this with 2,3,4,6 and twelve