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years ago, knights and samurai were the military forces in Europe and Japan. During the time period 1066 to 1868, knights and samurai formed the military society in both Japan and Europe (Doc. 2). Although it seems like they are similar, the differences between knights and samurai outweigh the similarities, such as the codes, armor, and their training. In the first place, the codes for both samurai and knights were distinct from each other in various ways. For instance, the knights’ code of Chivalry

Japan called samurais and knights. In Europe and Japan, both of their governments were tearing apart. When feudalism came into existence, it resulted into two warrior classes called samurais and knights. In the areas of social position, training and armor, and honor and death, the samurais and knights shared more similarities than differences. First of all, the samurais and knights were similar in the area of social position. As shown in Document A, samurais and knights were similar in status and

Most families have a coat of arms. A coat of arms is a shield of a person, family, corporation, or country. These were used on the field of battle to identify a family because when everyone is covered in head to toe in armour it is hard to tell who is who. I have a coat of arms myself. My coat of arms has three fleur de lies and one chevron. It also contains the colors blue and gold. On the coat of arms are colors called tinctures. Tinctures are the colors on your shield. My shield includes blue

The Samurai and the Knights may have some differences from their time, including the differnce in armor, training, and their codes of honor. But, both the Samurai and Knights practiced to ride horseback and become their destiny. They both would start training in childhood and eventually rank-up in about “age 14”. They would also show loyality to their master or higherarchy. These warriors of the past had some differneces in training as well. One differnce between them is in their training, “The young

European Knights and Japanese Samurai Warriors The medieval time era, was one of many wars, across almost every continent. From this two skilled and famous breeds of men formed. They are known as the medieval knights of Europe and the feudal Samurai warriors of Japan. Both groups of warriors had many similarities, but also their unique qualities. The following will examine some of this common and not so common aspects. To begin, the classes of the two warriors are very similar. Both existed in

Knights vs Samurai: The Similarities Were Greater Than The Differences A long time ago, in Europe and Japan, they both turned to feudal systems. They had developed a social pyramid with warriors working for lords and masters. Knights and samurai were the warriors. Many people think of them as two totally different warriors, but were the similarities greater than the differences? I think that they have way more similarities. Both of the warriors have the same type of social pyramids, had similar

In the movie The Boy and The Beast by Mamoru Hosoda, the quote “The sword in your heart is important!” (Hosoda, 2015) symbolizes a deeper meaning to objects that are in your heart. Kamatetsu symbolizes that the sword is the positivity in your life. He says that everyone has a sword in their hearts and that it is important to you. Without the sword, you will not have the strength and morality to keep going and just lose all hope in life. The sword stands for all your strengths and positivity, purity

Halfway across the world from each other, the samurai and knights lived the lives of powerful warriors. Although they had many differences, they also had many similarities. Some of these similarities and differences were found in their training, armor, and codes. Both of the knight and samurai warrior’s training began in childhood. They also both had a form of spiritual training accompanying their physical training. Another similarity was that they both showed loyalty to their masters. According

Many people today think of the Samurai as a stereotype of a Ninja warrior (even Teenage Mutant Turtle Ninja warriors are on television) sneaking around at night with precise sword skills. However, the samurai were a noble, well respected class of warriors who lived in feudal Japan from the 10th to the 18th century. They first began during the Heian period when the Japanese government was establishing an army of professional soldiers from 794 to 1185 and later came to power under the first Shogunate

VIKINGS VERSES SAMURAIS Who do you think would win in a battle, the small, swift Samurai or the big, ferocious Viking? It would all depend on their armour, weapons, skills and techniques and how they passed down their skills and techniques to the younger children. Both the Vikings and Samurais relied hugely on all these things and whoever had the best weapons, armour, skills and techniques would have a better chance of winning in the battle. WEAPONS In battles weapons were the most important thing