Were Similarities Greater Than The Differences Dbq

The Knights of Europe and the Samurai of Japan shared quite a few similarities; however, they do also share many differences. One such similarity would be that both the Knights and the Samurais were brave, strong, and loyal to their cause, especially due to both of their trainings starting at a very young age. An example of a difference would be the samurais having a much lighter armor than knights. This allowed for a more agile army. They also ascended to their titles at separate ages, with samurais being at a mere 14 years of age, and knights being 21.

Imagine a knight, jousting in an arena in Europe during the Middle Ages. Surprisingly, across the world during approximately the same time period, samurai warriors fought in Japan. During the time period, 1000 to 1600 CE, the samurai and knights fought in battle in many different ways. Many differences between the samurai and knights included codes, armor, training, and religions. Without a doubt, the differences between the samurai and the knight overshadow the similarities.

Document A shows the feudal social structures in both Japan and Europe. When defining samurai and knights it read, “Warriors who owned loyalty and military service to daimyos or lord for land,” both samurai and knights were awarded for their pledged loyalty with land for them and their families. Document E states that “both samurai and knights were both expected to abide by a code of honor.” Although the honor code that Japanese warriors followed was different than the one of the European knights, they had the same general idea. A warrior had to be honest, loyal, and just and if they ever ignored or dishonored their duty as a warrior then it would bring shame, not only on them but their whole

Both Europe and Japan had a category In Europe the nobles there was a category of people called the “ knights.” In Europe before they became a knight and were in training they were called squires. They were taught to fight at a very young age and grew up to follow the code of chivalry. They inducted just like the president in our time. They had to say the Oath of the Chivalry. Once they were inducted they had to follow the Code of Chivalry.The Code of Chivalry was a series of rules that had to be followed by knights in order to be worthy of being one. If these rules were not followed then they could be executed depending on how severe the decision was. There are many different theories on when this rule

The first reason why the differences are greater than the similarities is because of the social order in feudal Japan and Europe. ”Historians and other scholars use social pyramids to show how societies were structured” (Document A). The samurai owned loyalty and military service to daimyo 's for land or regular payment while on the other hand knights owned loyalty and military service to the lords. Another difference about samurais and knights was the population. Samurai with families took about 10% of Japan 's population and in Europe, there was estimated 12,000 knights in England and Normany France in the 12th century. One more difference is that there are four people above the knight in the social order but only three for samurai.

One noticeable similarities though is that the samurai and the knights both follow their own codes of honor and are usually loyal to their king or emperor. Another is that in both social pyramids the artisans or trades people where second to the bottom of the pyramid.

The similarities between samurais and knights were greater than the differences due to the similarity in the hierarchy and the armor they used to protect themselves. The Samurai were “warriors who owed loyalty and military service to daimyos for land or regular payment.” They made up about 10% of Japan’s population. Similarly, knights were “warriors who owed loyalty and military service to the lord for land.” (Document A) There were about 12,000 knights in England and Normandy, France in the 12th century. Even though Japan and Europe had no communication or access to each other, both areas placed the warrior classes in the middle of the hierarchy and owed loyalty/military services. This shows that the social order of both Feudal Japan and Feudal

When people think of “Medieval”, they often relate this to Europe. However, there was once a Medieval Japan too, and this time stretched from 1185-1868 CE. During this period, Shoguns ruled Japan, and they defined it as “Medieval” because, just like Europe society in Japan at this time was feudal in structure. Medieval Europe lasted from the 5th to the 15th century, and was often referred to as Christendom, because most civilians were Christians. Although they didn’t have any direct contact with one another, there were many similarities and differences in these two times. The ones this essay will focus on are; castles, health and hygiene and the social structure.

According to documents and history , around 1,000 years ago there were two different societies, in two different parts of the world that had warriors with differences. During these times, there was an emperor and a king ruling their empire/kingdom. They both had warriors they would send out into the felids. These warriors were from Japan and Europe. Japan warriors were called samurai (class warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land) and Europe warriors were called knights(a noble warrior who fought on horseback in the Middle Ages). Samurai and Knight are more different than similar in three broad areas, training,armor. and their view of death.

Hey, Have you ever learned about the Samurai and Knights?? Well they had a few big similarities but lots of differences. Also in that era Samurai and Knights they had to be very loyal to their lord. I have a question for you. Were the similarities greater than the differences? No I don't think the similarities are greater than the differences between the Samurai and Knights. So no I think there are more differences than similarities. I’m going to be talking about the Samurai [Japanese Warrior] and Knights [European Warrior] is there Social position, Training and Armor, and Life and death.

Can you imagine a world without protection.In this essay we will discuss the differences and similarities between Knights and samurai.These are the three differences I'm going to talk about religious practices,views of women, and types of armor.

The first reason why the knights and the samurai are more different than alike is because of their code of honor. Document E states that there are two different codes of honor. The code of honor of the samurai was called Bushido. In Bushido, samurai are loyal to their family and to friends. They devote themselves to helping others. In chivalry, knights were to be helpful to ladies. They always had to be loyal to the king. People may think that just because they both have codes of honor and they are loyal to others means they are the

Social Positions: The first area of important similarities in Japan and Europe where social positions. In document A - The social pyramids showed how the societies were structured, in Japan and Europe. The samurai and the knight’s were always above the peasants and the traders/ merchants. Then on top of the samurai’s and the knights were the Daimyos or the Lesser Lords. Next in the social pyramid it has the lord or the Shogun. In Europe, they have a King then the Pope, in Japan they have an emperor. These similarities are significant because they show how feudalism is in both Japan and Europe.

Each of these lords hired warriors called Vassals and became lesser lords. In exchange for military service they got land from their lords. The Vassals became lords of their own land and gave land to samurai or knights in exchange for military service. The knights and samurai were more similar than different because, they both served a feudal lord, had similar training, and lived by a similar code.

This is show in The Heart of a Warrior: Origins and Religious Background of the Samurai System in Feudal Japan by Catharina Blomberg which states, “service of a feudal lord… allegiance to his lord… Pledged loyalty and military support” (Doc. B). Proven here is that both warriors have similar bindings with a lord-like figure, as in the text it states that both knights and samurais have a binding with a lord-like figure, a further similarity. Additionally, Document A shows that samurai and knights were in the same place in the Social Hierarchy: right under the lord-like figures. Proven in this is that knights and samurai were also treated the same and likely in similar wealth, another major