Japan (日本‚ Nippon) is a country in Asia. It has many islands. Four of them are big‚ and the biggest is the 7th largest island in the world. This island is called Honshu. The islands are near the East Asian coast‚ in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Japanese people call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon"‚ which means "the origin of the sun" in Japanese. HISTORY In 1941‚ Japan hit Pearl Harbor in Hawaii‚ a water base of the United States and destroyed or damaged many ships and airplanes.
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Medieval Feudalism Feudalism was a system used in the Middle Ages as a social order. In feudalism‚ people living in the medieval time period were divided into different classes. The pope was at the top of the pyramid. This is because the pope was the head of the church. Religion played a huge role in the Middle Ages. Owning property was also significant during the Middle Ages. The more land one owned‚ the higher up they would be in society. Below the pope were the Kings and Queens. They were
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the Roman Empire. The most common system that they would use was Feudalism. Every level in feudalism benefitted each other‚ and everything would collapse if one level didn’t do their part. Feudalism is a military based system depending on loyalty to meet the needs of its people because if everyone is loyal to their obligations because everyone would benefit in some way. The Hundred Years’ War was the start of the decline of Feudalism. France and England fought for the lands of France due to miscommunication
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Feudalism‚ a dominant social system in both Europe and Japan‚ became a remarkably important aspect of medieval life. It was a response to military necessity during a time when there were no armies or governments with the funding to support such defense. In this social system‚ the nobility held the lands given to them by the Crown in exchange for military service and in which vassals were tenants of the nobles while the peasants were
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Japan ’s Automakers Face Endaka Due to the Arab oil embargo‚ oil shock was raised in 1970s. The global economy faced a period of recession. The sluggish economy also affects the automobile market. Japan ’s automobiles prevailed for its cheaper cost‚ fuel efficiency‚ and exquisite design. In the early Eighties‚ dollars appreciated against major currencies including the Japanese yen. It boosted the expansion of Japan ’s exports‚ U.S. government faced successive years of trade deficits against
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Norman Conquest was so significant is that it changed the entire way England was run. It introduced a new set of rulers‚ a new ruling system‚ a new language and a new culture. FEUDALISM One of the most important changes was to do with the ownership of land. William introduced a system of land ownership that was called feudalism. Firstly‚ William seized by force the land belonging to important Anglo-Saxons and claimed it all as his own. However‚ it was hard for him‚ as one man at a time when transport
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Feudalism ran deep in parts of Western Europe and went as far as Japan. These places differed greatly. Society‚ religion and art demonstrated how different they really are. Their economies‚ however‚ illustrates how similar these two countries can be. The religion in the two feudal periods differed in many ways. Feudal Europeans showed devotion to the Catholic Church. Their devotion ran very deep and grew greatly over time. While future Feudal Japanese peoples’ cooperation between monastatic orders
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1. Uncertain and antipodal information in regards to dates‚ numbers‚ and logical facts. foreword: xv The overburden of negative information based upon events. foreword: xviii 2. The reunification of the material word 2: 36 The thought that money was evil and beauty vain 2: 36 Desire for anything‚ knowledge etc.‚ was vainglory 2: 36 3. Nobles had control over all other non-nobles within his territory‚ excluding clergy and merchants of a free town. 1: 16 Nobles were tax-exempt
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World economy is the global exchange of goods and services. The first humans were hunter-gatherers. The men hunted and the women organized the farming and gathering in an egalitarian social model of equality for all men and women. About‚ 11‚000 years ago agriculture replaced the traditional hunter-gatherer routines for a more permanent and consistent lifestyle centered on agriculture (Pearson). As a result class or rank based societies were formed. The dominant government and society in European
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For Japanese Women‚ a Competition to be Thin In Japan‚ only 3.5 percent of the population is considered obese. In contrast‚ the U.S has a climbing obesity rate that is currently thirty percent. A main reason for the contrast in obesity rates is the “culture of health” that Japan has long promoted. In part‚ Japan has been the healthiest nation thanks to its meals of vegetables‚ fish‚ and small portions. However‚ although Japan is able to avoid the problem of obesity‚ it is experiencing a rapid
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