Samurai And Knights Evdience

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Document A- Social Hierarchy
Japan and Europe both had a Social Order. On the hierarchy, the people with more status, power, and wealth are at the top of the pyramind. Usually, the less status, power, and wealth a group has, the lower they rank on the pyramid.

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Europe and Japan both developed feudalism because of their weak government. This caused them both to have a pyramid or social order. The people with more power and money were at the top of the pyramid, while the people with less power and money were at the bottom of the pyramid.

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Document A- Social Hierarchy
Samurai were warriors who owned loyalty and military service to daimyos for land or money. Knights were warriors who owned loyalty and military service to lords for land or money.

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Europe and Japan had similar positions in the social order. Samurai and knights were both warriors. They both owed loyalty to their lords or daimyos. Samurai also owned military service to their daimyo, just like knights owned military service to their lord. The knights and samurai would get paid in land or money.

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Document B- Social Hierarchy
Loyalty towards the feudal lord in Japan was hereditary. English nobleman knelt before his lord and pledged loyalty and military support. A samurai had to obey their daimyo like a knight needed to obey their lord to recive payment.

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Samurai and knights were both very loyal towards their lords or daimyos. Knights would kneel before their lord and pledge their loyalty and service. A samurai always considered that his life was not only his but belonged completely to his daimyo.

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Document C- Military Training and Armor
A samurai's training began in childhood. A knight's training began at age four or five. Samurai learned spiritual discipline. Knights learned religious instruction. Samurai fought with bamboo sticks. Knights fought with wooden swords.

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Samurai and knights both began training to become warriors. They had to be taught for many years. The samurai and knights both were taught religion and practiced with fake weapons.

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Document D- Military Training and Armor
Samurai used armor to protect themselves from weapons. When it was wet it became very heavy. Knights wore armor to protect themselves from weapons. It weighed 40-60 pounds.

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Samurai and knights both wore armor. It protected them from weapons such as crossbows. Both of their armor could be very heavy. Samurais became the heaviest when wet. A knights armor could weigh from 40 to 60 pounds.

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Document E- Feelings about honor and death
Samurai and knights both had a code of how they should be honorable and loyal. Samurai had to be loyal to his master while the knights had to be loyal to their King. To dishonor knighthood was the greatest mistake. If a samurai does wrong against the code, they would get punished.

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Samurai and knights both had a code about honor and loyalty towards their ruler. Samurai had to be loyal to their master, while the knights had to be loyal to their king. Both of the groups were strictly against dishonoring the code. Samurai would get punished for disobeying. It was the greatest disgrace to break knighthood for knights.

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Document F- Feelings about honor and death
Samurai and knights both made poems about death. One of the Samurai talks about how if they knew they were going to die they would be upset. The knights talks about how Roland is upset because he feels he is going to die.

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Samurai and knights were both poets. They wrote different poems about death. The samurais talks about how if he knew he was going to die he would have been upset. The knights talks about how he is upset because he feels he is going to die.