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Similarities Between Tokugawa Japan And Medieval Europe

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Nihal Lalwani BBE 29 October 2014 8 History Essay Term 4 Assignment Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868) and Medieval Europe (590-1500) both grew in two separate sides of the world but both of them are similar in ways such as how they were run, their architecture, their warriors and the society. In discussing whether these two civilisations are similar, the research has led me to believe that these two civilisations are partly similar. There are many similarities between Japanese and Medieval European Castles such as what were they used for and how they worked. Medieval European Castles are similar to Japanese castles as they are used for similar reasons and architecture such as the castles had high walls for protection against arrows, both of them were used as outposts by respective lords of each civilisation (Friar, 2003. P.47). Finally Medieval European Castles would have slots built into the castle to allow for archers to shoot from inside the castle. Japanese Castles are similar as they have high walls for protection and make it harder to invade. They are also similar because they are used as outposts for the daimyo (Treat and Soper, 1955). These two …show more content…

Medieval European Knights followed the code of chivalry which states that they must fight justly and be gracious. They would train from the age of 7 as a page, then as a squire at the age of 14. Finally they would become a knight at 21. Samurai, on the other hand, would go to training schools if they were rich but if they were not, they would be trained by their families. Their code was Bushido, which literally means ‘way of the warrior’. This states that the Samurai had to be absolutely loyal to their master. The Similarities of these warriors are that they both had a code to follow but they trained differently. These two types of warriors are similar like the civilisation they were in but also different in many

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