There was once a time in Japan called the Edo period (1603-1868‚ ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned) - this was a period where Japan was ruled under the Tokugawa Shogunates‚ a feudal military government. Japan had a stable population‚ and a popular enjoyment of art and culture. However‚ they had an uncompromising policy prohibiting any foreign contact‚ ultimately making it completely isolated from the western world. There was also a strict social order‚ where everyone knew their status. Emperors
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French feudalism started in the 9th century and formally abolished on the night of 4 August 1789 during the French Revolution. In France most noblemen believed Feudalism was the best way to own or manage land. An aristocrat would give vassals land and in exchange the vassal promised military service to the lord. Although Feudalism was a very self-sufficient system of governing‚ it did have its negative side. For example most vassals could not travel outside of their region unless it was to defend
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During the High Middle Ages‚ Europe experienced changes in economics yet continuation in politics and religion. With growth of population and urbanization‚ trade was revived in Europe. However‚ all of Europe was never truly centralized into one large empire like the Roman or Carolingian. Yet‚ it still was under the unofficial rule of the Roman Catholic Church. Urbanization‚ with the help of population growth‚ formed which led to revival of trade. Although there was trade between villages and feudal
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Germany and Japan Germany and Japan were part of the second wave of modernizing nations. They did not start industrializing until the second half of the nineteenth century. It was nearly a century after the French revolution and the beginning of British industrialization. They did have an advantage in being the second wave‚ for one they could learn from the technologies and techniques that were used in Europe before them and implement these systems into their own industries. Germany and Japan did not
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Naomi During the middle of the nineteenth century‚ Japan began frequently coming into contact western nations. Because of the backwardness of its feudal state system and military power in the initial age‚ Japan signed some unequal treaties with westerners. The Meiji Restoration and the industrial revolution were the ideologies that Japan learned from western nations. Meiji Restoration and the industrial revolution not only changed Japan’s infrastructure‚ it was also a culture revolution that created
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The rise of Japan has been greeted by countries around the world with a mixture of surprise and wariness. Western powers in particular‚ perceived the rise of Japan as a regional threat to their interest in the far East. The document‚ a letter written by President Roosevelt to Senator Knox regarding the relations between the United States (US) and Japan in 1909 is a reflection of the wariness of Western powers to the rise of Japan. Furthermore‚ the letter also shows an important passage in the social
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Feudalism discusses the medieval European political system that is composed of legal and military obligations. It was made up of three groups‚ lords‚ vassals‚ and fiefs. On the other hand‚ manorialism was the organizing principle of rural economy and society widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe. The lodging of legal and economic power in a lordly portrayed manorialism. These obligations could be payable in labor productivity or‚ on rare occasions‚ money. The root of Feudalism
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Culture of Japan The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over the millennia‚ from the country’s prehistoric Jōmon period‚ to its contemporary hybrid culture‚ which combines influences from Asia‚ Europe‚ and North America. The inhabitants of Japan experienced a long period of relative isolation from the outside world during the Tokugawa shogunate‚ until the arrival of "The Black Ships" and the Meiji period. Fūjin and Raijin‚ Tawaraya Sōtatsu‚ 17th century. Pine Trees‚ Hasegawa Tōhaku Japanese
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Feudalism is defined as a system of government and landownership. Feudalism arose because of a disagreement between Rollo‚ the head of a Viking army‚ and Charles the Simple‚ the king of France. Rollo had been looting a river valley for years‚ and Charles the Simple‚ with little power‚ did little about it. One day‚ Charles the Simple decided to make a deal with Rollo. The deal was Charles would give Rollo a piece of land in exchange for peace from his Viking army. More and more of these agreements
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William Shakespeare ’s tragic play Macbeth is set in 11th-century Scotland. The overarching political system then was feudalism‚ a system that was "based on the holding of land" and placed "an increasing emphasis on local protection‚ local government‚ and local self-sufficiency" (World History‚ Section 9-4‚ pp. 214 **). Shakespeare‚ however‚ lived during the late 16th and early 17th century‚ a time in which kings with "absolute authority" and "divine right" (W.H‚ Section 18-3‚ pp. 430) ruled a strongly
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