Samurai and Knights: Were the Similarities Greater than the Differences? In Europe and Japan‚ very similar forms of government developed within a couple hundred years of each other. This occurred despite the fact that these two parts of the world were very distance from each other and it was very unlikely that these countries had contact with each other. This form of government‚ called feudalism developed in both places due to the need to establish order after a time in chaos. The knights and the
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In medieval Europe a knight stood in shining armour across his lord’s house‚ side by side with his fellow soldiers‚ all looking the same. A wave of fully covered metal humans swept across the plains‚ with long swords and horses‚ both looking like robots while they defended their lord’s land. Thousands of miles away in Japan‚ some samurai stood in intricately designed armour with crossbows and swords ran or rode on horses and fought so they would have defended their master’s land. The bright and
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Europe the warriors were called Knights‚ and in Japan they were known as Samurais. Does this make Knights and Samurais the same? After reading the DBQ is clear that Samurai and Knights have more differences than similarities. For example‚ some major differences were their military codes and their armour. Some may say that the Samurai and Knights were more similar than different because they were both warriors. That may be true true but all in all the differences outweigh the similarities with ease
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Did you know that Samurai had no respect for their wives. Samurai were warriors who protected the Shogun’s land and military power. In the Middle Ages when this was still going on‚ the Samurai men got to treat women however they wanted. In this essay I will compare the views of women‚ religious beliefs‚ and code of conduct. In this paragraph‚ I will be focusing how the views of women are for the samurai and the knights. Samurai wives were not free to do what they wanted. They had to follow
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Even though samurais and knights are a bit alike‚ I think that they are more different than alike for many reasons. First of all‚ the training of samurais and knights are quite different. Samurais received received training on spiritual discipline. They also learned poetry. They studied Kendo‚ which was the art of fencing with bamboo sticks. They learned the code of the samurai‚ Zen Buddhism. At age 14‚ trainees officially became samurais. This happened in a ceremony called genpuku. The training
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wondered how the knights and the Samurai learned how to do things that they do? The knights and Samurai both learned in different ways‚ in different environments. In this paper you will also read about the view of women from the Samurai and knights. Lastly‚ you will also learn how the Samurai and knights viewed education in Feudal Japan. The time era‚ they existed in the 8th through the 13th century. Time era that the knights and Samurai started learning was 1400-1600. The knights were located in
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The Differences between Knights and Samurais Humans and animals are like samurais and knights. These mammals may be very similar in ways like their intelligence and characteristics‚ but these mammals have many differences. For example‚ a human’s imagination or their capability to do something like to wipe out an entire country out or the very Earth itself. About one thousand years ago the central government has lost power‚ and danger lurk beyond every moat and castle walls. Two examples of societies
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Knights and samurai are much more similar than we think. They have many similarities such as they are loyal to their ruler‚ follow an ethical code‚ and defend the innocent. This makes them both very similar to each other. Knights and samurai both have a strict ethical code that guides what they do in life and on the battlefield. The knights have chivalry and the samurai have the bushido. In the code of chivalry‚ the knights must be loyal to the king‚ do good‚ and protect the people. In bushido‚ the
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If Knights and Samurai were going to engage in battle‚ who would win? Imagine yourself as a Samurai‚ you are in the middle of defeating the European knights who are covered in plated armor. You begin to worry but then‚ you win‚ these are the reasons why a Samurai is better than a knight. Feudalism in Europe and Japan were both very similar. They both has rulers‚ and they both had rulers who hired nobles‚ and they both had nobles who hired landowners‚ and they both had landowners who hired warriors
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armor of the Samurais and Knights had some differences‚ but‚ had similar concepts of armor. For example‚ their armor sets had Heavy protection. Samurais armors were conducted out of iron scales interlaced leather cords‚ and silk. They had four parts to their armor‚ but no protection on the right on right arm. Knights had tiny metal links interlaced and Full plates of metal. Another example‚ is that the Samurais and Knights had similar weapons they use swords and Bows. Samurais and Knights have similar
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