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. First‚ European Knights and Samurai followed different
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you think of more‚ a knight or a samurai? You might be thinking that they are both basically the same‚ but you are wrong. They may seem similar‚ but they really have quite a few differences. Three things that are comparable between the two are weapons and armor‚ religious beliefs‚ and views on women. These are three important facts about the two. Even though they exist for the same purpose‚ the weapons and armor are actually very different between knights and samurai. For example‚ the samurai’s armor
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names. The samurai from Japan and the knights from Europe. These warriors were more different because of their armour design‚ views on death‚ and hereditary loyalty to their lords. One reason why samurai and knights were different was how their armour was made. The armour knights and samurais used were used for the same purpose‚ which was to protect themselves during combat‚ but because samurais and knights fought in different types of wars‚ their armour was designed differently. Samurai armor
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An Old Movie in a New Light "The Last Samurai" is one of my favorite films; I have watched it at least ten times. This time around‚ I was forced to watch it from a completely different point of view. I had never realized how much you can learn about the Japanese culture from this movie. It depicts the Japanese culture very well‚ and shows the contrasts between that culture and American culture very blatantly. Although the main conflict of the film lies within the Japanese culture‚ it encompasses
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Samurai and Shogun Me: Hey‚ buddy I have some Critical Thinking questions. Do you mind going over them with me‚ Donkey Kong. DK: Yeah‚ sure why not! Me: Why do you think the Fujiwaras and the central government were declining? DK: Daimyos had a lot of power because of the vast amount of land they had. The government was losing money because they didn’t pay taxes. Me: Following that why did you think daimyos didn’t pay taxes? DK: Well‚ they had a lot more power than the government. Having
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As a Japanese film‚ Seven Samurai (1954) directed by Akira Kurosawa is based upon circumstance; it is interested in what surrounds the human being and how ones circumstance is powerful in the portrayal of the film over the characters lives. “Circumstance unites man: the farmers with one another‚ just so the samurai‚ just so the bandits.” (Cardullo). It is through all of these circumstances that our narrative forms and the plot moves forward. The farmers unite with one another to try and find a
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Samurai‚ warriors that fought to show respect and honor to their ancestors and community. Samurai was placed in the middle of the social pyramid this means that the samurais did not have too little or too much power. Samurai are very important in history because‚ they would take on Seppuku which is a ritual suicide and these warriors swords had a special significance. To begin with‚ the ritual suicide that the Samurai would perform is significant because‚ assuming that the Samurai were to lose in
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head to toe. Whether that armor belonged to a knight or a samurai doesn’t matter‚ because they are not all too different. The knights of Feudal Europe were fearsome armed warriors who lived to protect their country and fought even if it meant death. The fearless samurai of Feudal Japan did the same. Both groups lived to serve their lords and leader‚ and they fought to keep peace and to protect their country. The question is‚ were the samurai‚ the brave warriors of Japan‚ and knights‚ the strong warriors
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Samurai and knights have been around for more than a thousand years‚ and both share many similarities. However‚ their perspectives of death and their loyalty to their masters show that there are more differences than there are similarities between the two warriors. First of all‚ the samurai’s loyalty to their master was different than the knight’s. For example‚ in document B by Catharina Blomberg‚ she stated that “loyalty towards the feudal lord in Japan was hereditary…” This means that the duty
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The movie The Last Samurai was not only a great fighting action movie but it also touched on human spirituality‚ cultural‚ lifestyle difference and the effect of Japanese culture on a western man. The movie was created in 2003 and takes place in Jap in the 1860s. An American military advisor is embraces the samurai culture that he was hired to destroy after being capture. The battle scenes in The Last Samurai are accurate to how the samurai fought back then from weapons to battle strategies.
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