WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Feudal Japanese and European societies were built on a system of hereditary classes. The nobles were at the top, followed by warriors, with tenant farmers or serfs below. There was very little social mobility; the children of peasants became peasants, while the children of lords became lords and ladies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Europe had knights, Japan had the samurai, but both valued military highly during their respective feudal periods. Knights and samurai were both considered their own separate class – above-average citizens, but below the nobility. In both systems, warriors began their training at a young age.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the middle ages both Europe and Japan experienced feudalism. The feudal system in both social structures was very similar and different. The system of feudalism in Europe and Japan was a system that had similar roles for the nobles, and the peasants.

Detailed explanation-4: -A key similarity between Medieval Europe and Shogunate Japan was the fact that both had an established feudal system. While it was established earlier in Europe (around 800s CE), Japan established their feudal system at the close of the Heian Period and the rise of the Kamakura Shogunate (around the 1100s).

Detailed explanation-5: -Both had farming where peasants did the work. The governments and landowners of both regions relied on professionally trained soldiers for protection. These soldiers were called knights in Europe. In Japan, they called samurai.

Detailed explanation-6: -Land ownership forms basis of all feudal societies. Both were fixed caste systems-a peasant was always born to peasants, and lords were always born to lords. Both knights and samurai swore fealty (loyalty) to their lords. More items