AP World Essay
The differences between feudal Japan and feudal Europe show some unique aspects of their everyday life, which can be compared also to show a few similarities between the two. The feudal west and the feudal and the feudal east are more different in their ways, beliefs, and lifestyle than they are alike to each other. The west and east are different about their view on women; also the two are different about how they believe in sacrificial ceremonies. Feudal Europe and feudal Japan are similar in ways as they both have a warrior class. Japan’s class of warriors is the Samurai while the Europeans count on Knights. This shows that feudal Japan and Europe have both similarities and differences that express each way of life. Feudal Japan’s view on women was much greater than feudal Europe’s view on women. Which is what makes this aspect of life between the two so much more different than it is similar. What surprises me about Japan is that their perspective on women is very unlikely, compared to pretty much the rest of the world. Typically almost every country in this time saw women as nearly nothing, like household slaves. Japan sees their women as strong, powerful, fierce warriors. This is what makes them extremely different from feudal Europe. The west didn’t see their women as tough; they saw women like fragile, small, weak and delicate. Europe had really no faith in them at all. This aspect of life really emphasizes how much different these two are from each other. I believe that each of their perspectives on women is a part of their culture. Europe’s women and Japan’s women are most likely physically identical when comparing strength and power, but since the east and west cultures have opposite perspectives, they are much different to them. It really amazes me knowing what the east and west see as right and wrong. In this case, human sacrifice is seen very much differently between the two. While feudal