Compare And Contrast Knights And Samurai

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“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on” Ulysses S. Grant. Knights and samurai’s are very strong. While knights and samurai have many similairites, in a one on one battle,. The advantage would be to the knight and this can be seen in the document packet and video on warriors.
The first way that the knight has an advantage is his armor. In document D by Terry Bennet it states ¨knights began to wear complete suits of plate armor this showed that the knights wouldn't be able to be hit from anything. The armor covered their whole body even their hands and feet. Not only was their armor good their weapon the sword was also good. Their sword was

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