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    Samurai’s and Knights‚Were the Similarities Greater Than the Differences? "You must show no mercy...Nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you...For your greatness will silence them all."What if warriors from other lands threaten to invade and destroy your way of life. How can men‚ women‚and children in your region protect themselves? That’s why there were warriors. The warriors of Europe were called knights. The warriors of Japan were called samurai’s.Historians would argue that the

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    Sir M. Vishveshwariah

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    Mokshagundam Vishveshwariah‚ KCIE‚‚ (popularly known as Sir MV; 15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962 was a notable Indian engineer‚ scholar‚ statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1918. He was a recipient of the Indian Republic’s highest honor‚ the Bharat Ratna‚ in 1955. He was knighted as a Commander of the British Indian Empire by King George V for his myriad contributions to the public good. Every year‚ 15 September is celebrated as Engineer’s Day in India in his memory. He is held in high

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    Etheridge Knight Analysis

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    “Etheridge Knight‚ Jr. (son of Etheridge‚ Sr. and Belzora Cozart Knight) was born in Corinth‚ Mississippi‚ on April 19‚ 1931. Mr. Knight grew up in Corinth and Paducah‚ Kentucky. He attended the local schools in the area and dropped out after the eighth grade. Knight joined the United States Army in 1947 and saw action during the Korean Conflict‚ where he was seriously wounded and developed an addiction to drugs and alcohol. After Knight’s discharge from the service‚ he turned to crime in order

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    Elizabethan Knights During the Elizabethan era‚ 1558 to 1603‚ knights played a huge rule and were very important. Becoming a knight was not was not easy at all. They were important when protecting the land and the people. Without knights there would be no one to protect the magnificent Queen and also others. Knights were very interesting and important to the Elizabethan era and impacted the civilization in many ways. “Becoming a Knight took years of training‚ during which a young man learned how

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    things being constructed and invented were weapons. Both the samurais and knights have revolutionized the topic of combat. The similarities between samurai and knights were greater than the differences. This is shown by looking at their armor‚weapons‚ and choice of transportation. The first important similarity was combat. For example‚ the samurais would fight with swords and so would the knights. Also‚ the the samurais and knight would use shock combat only during battles. These similarities are significant

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    Samurai vs Knight

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    The Samurai’s bushido and the European Knights chivalry were both codes of honor which consisted of fighting for their earthly lord‚ but when it came down to committing ritual suicide for their god only Samurais were up for the challenge; setting them aside from the Knights. These two different types of people clash swords when it comes to how they view women and what they wear going into battle. The Japanese Samurai lived by bushido‚ which was a code of honor that demanded bravery and faithfulness

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    Knights Code Of Conduct

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    comparing and contrasting these topics: Weapons and armor‚code of conduct and views of women.Here are some of my favorite facts about knights and samurais we ponds and armor.the knights wear full helmets and chain metal full for there armor.So i like knights better because is because they are really cool because they have full armor of chain.also I really like the knights is because they have more protection when they were more armorThe samurai would wear a cooler full robe under their armor and they

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    Feudalism started in both Japan and Europe at the same time‚ but does that mean that samurai and knights are the same? Feudalism is when the knight/samurai provide service for the lord‚ and in exchange‚ the lord provides land for the knight/samurai. Samurai and Knights: were the similarity greater than the differences? Samurai and knights were more similar than different in 3 broad areas; social position‚ training and armor‚ and honor and death. The first reason why I think the similarities

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    separates him from his family‚ because the difficulties he encounters he does not make it home until after 20 long years. These two ancient stories are compared by both being epic poems. These two stories also share the common theme‚ this theme is temptation. Temptation is brought in the stories by testing the main characters to make the right

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    Tales: The Knight In his prologue‚ Geoffrey Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are involved in this fictional journey and who will tell the tales. One of the more interesting of the characters included in this introductory section is the Knight. Chaucer initially refers to the Knight as "a most distinguished man" and‚ indeed‚ his sketch of the Knight is highly complimentary. In this essay‚ I will contrast Chaucer’s ideal Knight with its modern equivalent. The Knight‚ Chaucer tells

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