HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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developed a warrior class very similar to western European knights
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Supported a new ruling class of wealthy landed nobles who actually controlled the country
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carefully studied contemporaneous events in western Europe and consciously copied the knights
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -samurai, member of the Japanese warrior caste. The term samurai was originally used to denote the aristocratic warriors (bushi), but it came to apply to all the members of the warrior class that rose to power in the 12th century and dominated the Japanese government until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
Detailed explanation-2: -Samurai were employed by feudal lords (daimyo) for their martial skills in order to defend the lord’s territories against rivals, to fight enemies identified by the government, and battle with hostile tribes and bandits.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Emperor of Japan and the kuge were the official ruling class of Japan but had no power. The shōgun of the Tokugawa clan, the daimyō, and their retainers of the samurai class administered Japan through their system of domains.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1192, he took the title shogun, a general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name. When he died, he passed his title and power on to one of his children. For about the next 700 years, one shogun would rule in Japan. Under the shogun, who were military rulers, samurai warriors became more central to Japanese society.