of both of their lords‚ lesser lords‚ kings‚ both military‚ classes and peasants. These similarities are significant because both Samurai and knights showed great loyalty to their lords.The samurai warriors who owed loyalty and military service to daimyos for land or regular payment. According to Document A: Social Pyramids‚ with families the Samurai’s made up to 10%of Japan’s
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Group 1: Confucianism‚ Taoism‚ Buddhism What do I know? What do I want to Know? What did I learn? These are the three major religions or philosophies shaped many of the ideas and history of Ancient China. Confucianism‚ Taoism and Buddhism‚ were all important parts of daily life in ancient China. A man might honor his ancestors by following Confucist rules of social behavior‚ attend a Buddhist pageant‚ and practice Taoist breathing exercises in the same day. What happened to a human being who did
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the early fifteenth century‚ decentralization became a symbol in Japan‚ when Ashikaga Shogunate was in power. Unlike the formidable power of shoguns in the twelfth and thirteenth century‚ the Japanese government became increasingly disintegrated‚ daimyo (landed aristocracy) gaining powers. In
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Ashley Riggs 9/15/11 Speech I Block 1 General Purpose: I would like to inform my class on real Ninjas. Specific Purpose: I decided to write this speech‚ to give my class information on real Ninjas. Introduction I. Attention Getter: Black figures with hidden faces move swiftly through a courtyard‚ slinking over walls like spiders and running lightly across rooftops‚ quick as cats. These are the ninjas of the movies and comic books‚ the stealthy assassin in black robes with magical abilities
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Japanese feudal system during the Kamakaru Shogunate from 1100 to 1868 and Europe’s feudal system during the middle ages from the 800’s to the 1600’s were similar regarding warriors and weapons‚ considering that they were based on similar codes of conduct and weaponry‚ were similar in their socio-political division that had a similar hereditary hierarchy‚ but the treatment of women differed in that women were allowed to serve in Japanese warrior class but not in the European’s. European knights
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Isaac steele’s essay rough draft What would you do if you were presented with a choice‚ to join the samurai or to join the knights? Which would you choose? This essay is going to show you facts that might help you decide. I will be talking about the samurai and the knights place in society‚ their armor‚ and their codes of conduct The first topic that i will be comparing and contrasting is the code of conduct. The code of conduct for the samurai was called the code of bushido. This code
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piece of that land. Although‚ samurai and knights were similar the differences outweigh the similarities. Some of the reasons they are different is because they follow different codes of conduct‚ armor‚ and have different relationships with their lord/daimyo. To start off‚ one difference between samurai and knights is they follow different codes of conduct. The Bushido
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shogun’s inability to stand up to the West and that‚ combined with the unequal terms of the treaty‚ fueled a civil war. The noblemen believed they needed a more powerful government that would not allow Japan to be bullied by the West. In 1868‚ the daimyo put aside their differences and came together to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and reestablished the Meiji government. The Meiji took an entirely different approach to Western domination. They were eager to modernize and they did so rapidly
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The results of the First Opium War led to China’s humiliation by the British empire due to their technological advances. The treaty of Nanjing ceased the war‚ but it also forced the Qing regime to abrogate the Cohong monopoly; it forced to compensate Britain a large restitution and to surrender its Hong Kong Islands. It also allowed the British complete commercial entry to 5 significant Chinese ports. Flattered by their defeat to the British and weakened by the opium abuse‚ the Qing Dynasty found
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After many changes within the government of Japan‚ such as the abolishment of the daimyo domains in 1871‚ laws enforcing the status system abolished between 1869 and 1871‚ compulsory elementary education in 1872‚ new tax laws and systems which replaced the old tax system in 1873‚ and a new military conscription system that made it compulsory for young adult males to join the military in 1873‚ the imperial government finally looked to dismantle the Tokugawa system. In 1876‚ the final blow to the old
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