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Women’s lives changed drastically between the Kamakura and Tokagawa period. Women in the Kamakura enjoyed much more freedom, from education to having a say in who they married. As time passed and the Tokagawa period approached, women’s roles changed significantly. Women were expected to stay home and not get an education. There is a lot of literature that sheds some light into how women lived in different time periods. Using these sources it is clear that there was a transformation of women's…

Several long term factors caused the change of Europe’s economic world and the rise of capitalism such as the rise in trade of American food crops, population growth, and urbanization. Because American potatoes supplemented Europeans’ diet with large amounts of carbohydrates, Europeans’ nutrition improved greatly, preventing the spread of disease and outbreaks of plague. With better health, came an increase in birth rates. Europe’s population grew and led way to rapid urbanization. Urbanization…

The invention of hospitals has forever changed the world. Hospitals were invented because rulers in India and the Abbasid Empire saw their people suffering because of a lack of proper medical care. They wanted to change that, and they did by creating a place where anyone could receive treatment, regardless of their social class or net worth. Hospitals have spread around the world, and are saving millions of lives along the way. Hospitals evolve to fit the needs of society, but stay true to…

Toyotomi Hideyoshi saw a burning Japan. As he looked over his country he realized that since Oda Nobunaga was gone, he would have to take control. Japan was in ruins and there was no central power. The country continued to shatter as daimyo (Military Rulers) fought each other day after day for territory. Then three people set out to restore Japan to its once peaceful society. One of these three is Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This great general avenged Oda Nobunaga and continued his remarkable legacy…

in sheep breeds from then to now. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a desire to learn methods and tactics to raising and caring for sheep. In the book Paula Simmons discusses tasks such as tail docking, record keeping, usage of retainers, and what to do during…

Mario debuted as "Jumpman" in the arcade game Donkey Kong on July 9, 1981.[24] He is shown to be a carpenter and has a pet ape called Donkey Kong.[25] The carpenter mistreats the ape and Donkey Kong escapes to kidnap Jumpman's girlfriend, originally known as the Lady, but later named Pauline. The player must take the role of Jumpman and rescue the girl. Jumpman was later renamed "Mario" in the 1982 arcade game Donkey Kong Junior, the only game in which he has been portrayed as an antagonist. In…

Sir George Calvert was also known as the first Baron of Baltimore. He was born in Yorkshire, England in 1580 to parents, Leonard and Alice Calvert. (“Biography) Calvert was raised with Protestant beliefs. (“Land”) When he was Fourteen years old, he attended Trinity College in Oxford, England and graduated in 1597. (“Baltimore”) Calvert learned to speak three different languages (“Maryland”) He could also write in Latin. While traveling of the continent, he met Sir Robert Cecil.…

gauntlets, shin protectors, and other small items. Yuranosuke’s retainers, Hara Goemon and Oboshi Rikiya instilled their trust in Gihei, expressing that “Yura knew that Gihei of the Amagawaya has a chivalrous spirit not even a samurai could match. It was only natural he should have chosen you for this great service” (Keene 153). Gihei’s service and duty is indebted to those who are superior to him, in this case, Yuranosuke and his retainers. He follows the Confucian philosophy of subject-ruler…

authorization was totally handed to the fighting class. The governance was created by Minamoto Yoritomo in his menage and it was called bakufu. Fujiwara house of government was followed where there was an administrative dining table , a plug-in of retainers and a board of enquiry. Custodian…

In Japan, Samurai were of the military elite during the medieval and early-modern period. In Japanese, they are known as bushi or buke. By the 12th century, the word samurai became synonymous with bushi. It was closely associated with the middle and upper ranks of the warrior class. Usually associated with a clan and their lord, the samurai also followed a set of rules that later came to be known as the bushidō. Although the samurai numbered less than 10% of Japan's former population, their…