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    Video preview of the game below‚ you’ll understand what we’re talking about. The slot is simply breathtaking in its 3D Video game glory. There are three warlords from the times when the battles for lands and treasure took place. The Priestess‚ The Samurai and The Barbarian are three main characters around whom the whole story of war and defeat is built. In this review‚

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    Ancient Japanese Culture

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    Ancient Japan had many interesting places and customs. It also had samurai to defend Japanese citizens and festivals to attend to celebrate. It even had beautiful cherry blossom trees‚ it still does to this day. Ancient Japan had the beautiful side and the dark side. With earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and volcanoes‚ oh my! Japan is about 377‚915 square kilometers‚ about the size of California. There are four main islands. Hokkaido‚ Honshu‚ Shikoku‚ and Kyushu. There are also thousands of smaller islands

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    1 The Tale of Genji and the Tale of the Heike are stories illustrating the Heian period of Japan. The Tale of Genji is a fictional work completed in the early eleventh century C.E. that takes place at the height of the court aristocracy‚ while the Tale of the Heike is a dramatic telling of the true events that led to the end of the era and the dominance of the warrior class. They show very different aspects of the time period‚ and while they both provide powerful sentiments‚ the Tale of Genji

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    And so upon taking control‚ Hideyoshi decreed that all peasants be disarmed completely. He set the basis for the Confucian social order instituted by Tokugawa Ieyasu. This forbade any non-samurai to carry weapons. The weapons were used to help create a large Buddha image at Nara‚ still there today. This‚ in turn‚ provided a double pacification of the state. The image of Buddha supposedly calmed and protected the people‚ while the prohibition

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    or daimyo‚ emerged. The daimyo establish and maintain their domains (called han)‚ build castles‚ and establish towns around their castles where their samurai retainers reside and serve in their armies. Samurai values of service to a lord and personal loyalty became central to Japanese cultural tradition over the centuries. The loyalty of a samurai is said to have been unconditional and utterly

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    Arianna Goff Dunnavant Per. 4 APWH 3-8-12 Japan / china response towards western penetration Although China and japan are similar when it comes to cultural independence‚ japan however‚ was interested in technological advancements influenced by the westerners causing interaction‚ while china stayed isolated causing a power shift‚ meaning Europeans were able to gain power and control over most of Asia and Africa during the nineteenth century. For 250 years‚ japan stayed isolated and independent

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    rather than personal merits‚ was rigid and highly formalized. At the top were the Emperor and Court nobles‚ together with the Shogun and daimyo. Below them the population was divided into four classes in a system known as the four tier system: the samurai on top and the peasants on the second level. Below the peasants were the craftsmen‚ and even below them‚ on the fourth level‚ were the

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    at highest regard. They also were both taken for training from boyhood. Though there is one unmistakable difference between the two‚ the warrior code the Samurai of Japan went by‚ differed immensely from that of the European Knights. These codes were the code of ethics for their lifestyle. Knights in Europe were paid with money‚ while the Samurais

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    During 1868‚ Japan was facing the Meiji Restoration and was being impacted by western influences and imperialism. As Japan‚ didn’t agree on how the influences were affecting countries around‚ Japan created many reforms. A few of the reforms that Japan was using were militarism‚ industrialization‚ and economic changes. Japan had a plan to help support their country to avoid the influences‚ but as time went on the reforms started not to work‚ and the changes that were being made began to be western

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    government by underscoring the necessity for respect and admiration of those in higher classes within the social order. It is of note‚ however‚ that unlike in Western countries‚ the Japanese social order was not race based‚ but rather contribution based. Samurai traditionally held an important role within the hierarchy as they were seen as the defenders of the country. This afforded many men a stable income and relative power within their communities‚ while merchants and others who sought to make a profit

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