Who Would Triumph?
Europeans and Japanese never met, but their cultures are very alike. They both had Feudalism systems. Feudalism is a way of ranking people based on how they live their life and how rich they are. In Europe, their feudal system was very similar to the one in Japan. They both had rulers. They both had landowners and land protectors. Both of them also had warriors. Of course, they both had peasants, artisans and merchants. But if Samurai and Knights ever met who would triumph? Any day a Samurai would triumph over a knight in battle because they have stronger and more movable armour, their armour weighed less, and they would fight harder in battle and be okay when death comes for them.
If knights and samurai met and fought a samurai would win because of their armour. The author said, ¨Knight's armour was not designed for easy movement on foot¨(Document B). The armour that the knights wore were not very light, therefore, it was very hard to walk around let alone confront in battle. It was very difficult for knights to move around in the armour so when they tried to joust and fell it would be very hard for the knights to get up and start jousting again. The author said,”This created a shell that provides mobility and protection”(Document B). This citation shows that a samurai will move at …show more content…
To begin with, the author stated,¨A knights armour could weigh 40-60 pounds¨(Document B). With all this protection the knight will move at a much slower pace. Which would give the knight another disadvantage while in combat. The author explained,¨Mounted archers had to shoot arrows with deadly accuracy while galloping at full speed¨(Document B). If the samurai did hit the knight, the knight will be killed. It would be this way because the knight would not have enough time to dodge the arrow. A samurai would beat the knight because of how the samurai is built and
Europeans and Japanese never met, but their cultures are very alike. They both had Feudalism systems. Feudalism is a way of ranking people based on how they live their life and how rich they are. In Europe, their feudal system was very similar to the one in Japan. They both had rulers. They both had landowners and land protectors. Both of them also had warriors. Of course, they both had peasants, artisans and merchants. But if Samurai and Knights ever met who would triumph? Any day a Samurai would triumph over a knight in battle because they have stronger and more movable armour, their armour weighed less, and they would fight harder in battle and be okay when death comes for them.
If knights and samurai met and fought a samurai would win because of their armour. The author said, ¨Knight's armour was not designed for easy movement on foot¨(Document B). The armour that the knights wore were not very light, therefore, it was very hard to walk around let alone confront in battle. It was very difficult for knights to move around in the armour so when they tried to joust and fell it would be very hard for the knights to get up and start jousting again. The author said,”This created a shell that provides mobility and protection”(Document B). This citation shows that a samurai will move at …show more content…
To begin with, the author stated,¨A knights armour could weigh 40-60 pounds¨(Document B). With all this protection the knight will move at a much slower pace. Which would give the knight another disadvantage while in combat. The author explained,¨Mounted archers had to shoot arrows with deadly accuracy while galloping at full speed¨(Document B). If the samurai did hit the knight, the knight will be killed. It would be this way because the knight would not have enough time to dodge the arrow. A samurai would beat the knight because of how the samurai is built and