Samurai And Knights: Similarities And Differences

Samurai and Knights are warriors fighting and serving for their lord. Samurai and knights are both trained, physically and mentally to fight for their lords, however while in a battle, strategies of both make it hard to distinguish who would win. While both warriors are very similar in many ways, Samurais differences such as their, training, weapons, and armor give them big advantages.

The knights and samurai, the warriors who are alike in training, armor, and code, but yet different in many ways. An example of a similarity is from Document A it says,”The rigorous training of samurai began in childhood.” Like the samurai the knights started training at about the age 4 or 5 until they both would become the warriors they were supposed to be. Although they are alike they are different for example at age 14 a page boy wouldn’t become a knight, but become a squire. Were as a samurai in training would become a samurai at 14. My next example of similarity is about both their armors, which comes from Documents C and D. In Document D it says,”knight’s armor could weigh 40-60 pounds.” Also like the knights the samurai's armor could

From approximately 1000-1600 ce knights and samurai existed in Europe and Asia. Although they were around the same time period they were different. Knights were the European warriors and the samurai were the Japanese warriors. Although they are both warriors their codes and the way of preparing for battle were different. The similarities may look like they are great but there are small specific differences between the knights and samurai.

A thousand years ago, a class of professional warriors arose. Who swore their oath of loyalty to the noble lords. In which, the Daimyos fought to death to defend their land. This lead to Japan developing a group of warriors called samurai. In Europe, they also developed a group of warriors and these warriors were called knights. There were some similarities between a knight and samurai. For one, they both had a social pyramid. Another reason would be because of their armour and warfare. The last similarity that they had would be their code of honor. The similarities between a knight and samurai were greater than the differences because of their social positions, armour, code of honor, and warfare.

The similarities between samurais and knights were greater than the differences due to the similarity in the hierarchy and the armor they used to protect themselves. The Samurai were “warriors who owed loyalty and military service to daimyos for land or regular payment.” They made up about 10% of Japan’s population. Similarly, knights were “warriors who owed loyalty and military service to the lord for land.” (Document A) There were about 12,000 knights in England and Normandy, France in the 12th century. Even though Japan and Europe had no communication or access to each other, both areas placed the warrior classes in the middle of the hierarchy and owed loyalty/military services. This shows that the social order of both Feudal Japan and Feudal

A long time ago during the middle ages Europe and Japan both developed a class of warriors. These warriors were called Samurai and Knights all though these two warriors had different names and they knew nothing about each other. They both had a lot of Similarities for example there social position, their training, and their honor. They also had a lot of differences but their similarities were greater than their differences. This can be show by looking at three areas document A, B, and C.

For Japan and Europe, it was a time of trouble…Document “In the late 400’s both Europe and Japan created a feudal system in order to keep peace in the land. Lords acquired large estates of land. They granted some of their lands to lesser nobles, whom promised to fight when conflicts arose.” Background Essay DBQ. So where the similarities greater, or were the differences greater? The samurai and knights were more similar than different in three broad areas, social position, training and armor and the code of honor.

In about 1000 to 1600 CE in history two warriors were made with a different name and in two different countries. “More than a thousand years ago, a class of professional warriors arose, who swore oaths of loyalty to noble lords and fought to the death to defend them in battle” (Overview). The two warriors were samurai and knights. Samurais were fighting for Japan in the class of military retainers of the daiyomes while across the seas the knights were fighting on horseback in Europe. To keep order in the land both regions developed a system that historians called federalism.There were more differences than similarities and here are some reasons why the differences were greater than the similarities.

From researching about knights and samurai, I believe that in a battle between a knight and samurai, the knight would have a greater chance in winning. This is because knights focused more on fighting techniques and how to improve them, rather than focusing on spiritual beliefs and traditions as well, which is what the samurai did. The knights also had very strong and good armour which helped a lot in battles, while the samurai’s armour changed a lot but wasn’t ever as effective as the knight’s armour. The knight’s weapons were also more advanced and better then the samurai weapons.

Can you imagine a world without protection.In this essay we will discuss the differences and similarities between Knights and samurai.These are the three differences I'm going to talk about religious practices,views of women, and types of armor.

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Samurai and knights are not identical, they do have a good amount of differences. For instance, after going through training, samurai were awarded their title and responsibilities at the age of fourteen while knights took on their full responsibilities at twenty-one. Document B points out that although loyalty was important to both Japanese and European warriors, “loyalty towards the feudal lord in Japan was hereditary” but it was not in Europe. This means that in Japan “service of a feudal lord went from father to son” so the relationship between the lord and his warrior lasted for generations. Along with that, although both groups wore full body armor, Document D states that “a knight’s armor could weigh forty

The Knights of Europe and the Samurai of Japan shared quite a few similarities; however, they do also share many differences. One such similarity would be that both the Knights and the Samurais were brave, strong, and loyal to their cause, especially due to both of their trainings starting at a very young age. An example of a difference would be the samurais having a much lighter armor than knights. This allowed for a more agile army. They also ascended to their titles at separate ages, with samurais being at a mere 14 years of age, and knights being 21.

The samurai were the feudal warriors of ancient Japan. For thousands of years they upheld the code of bushido, the way of the warrior. Samurai were around for thousands of years, but when did they disappear? Does the code of bushido still exist to this day? Exploring the history of the samurai will give an explanation to what has happened to these formidable warriors.

Did you know that both Japan and Europe had very similar military units. In Japan their soldiers were called Samurai and in Europe they had knights. I know what you're thinking, Samurais and knights are so different. Well they might look different but actually they both have relatively the same way they were trained, their roles in society , and closely related codes.