European Feudalism VS. Japanese Feudalism Even though European and Japan Feudalism have a lot of difference, but it also has a lot of similarities such as they both also have peasants emperor (king) and lords (it’s called knights in Europe). They both hire samurai (knight) to protect their owner and their lands. They owners of samurai and knights have the same expectation from them. Last, their level they are on stay with them forever they have no ways to move up. The differences are the samurai and knight dress differently.
Primogeniture was carried out in European and Japanese feudalism in order to centralize the lands of aristocracies, this emphasized the profit of lords and made sure that the property of a family won’t be separated and declined at last. In term of cultural features, Japanese feudalism was based on the ideas which borrowed from China, Confucius’s thoughts and ideas. Confucius was a great philosopher and he emphasized morality and respects for parents and other elders, and superiors. In Japan, warriors, which were called samurai, held a duty to protect the peasants and villagers in their region. And as in return, the duty of peasants and villagers were to honor the samurai and pay taxes to them.
Imperialism in China Between 1750 and 1900, both China and Japan endured pressures from their foreign counterparts make themselves open to trade and relations. In the beginning both China and Japan were resistant against foreign domination, but in the 19th century Japan progressively accepted foreign domination to achieve the goal of modernization while China continued to resist foreign control and remain true to their ancient way of life.. In the 1700s, both China and Japan viewed the West as conflictions against their way of life and had perceived them as barbarians believing that their way of life was far more superior. When European ambassadors were sent to their lands in valiant attempts to negotiate trade with China and Japan, the emperors mocked them and boasted about how they possessed no need for Western influence. The Japanese originally developed an interest in trading with the Europeans, but the Jesuit missionaries who followed the traders arose hesitation that ultimately affected their decision to succumb to Western influences in the sense of preserving their beliefs and cultures.
The general of the Minamoto, became the head man of the Samurais, very much like the knights they swore to protect their people. From roughly 1000-1600 CE the Samurais were trained to be warriors to defend Japan, and the Knights were trained warriors to defend Europe. They were different, but they were more alike than different, because of their Class Systems and loyalty, their armor and military training, and their Honor and views of death. Both the Samurais and the Knights were similar in their Class Systems and loyalty. They were both part of the Feudal System (Doc A).
This was also a way for the Mongols to ensure their government was stable and trustable instead of having others govern the state. But along with similar political effects, Mongol rule on China and the Middle East had different political effects. The political effects of Mongol rule in China and the Middle East were different in their administrators used. In China the Mongols brought foreign administrators while in the Middle East they kept the Persians to be administrators. The Mongols had foreign administrators in China because they did not trust any Chinese person to be left in charge therefore foreign people were used.
This statue of Ieyasu stands on the grounds of the Okazaki Castle Park He was required to spend the remainder of the year at his estates while leaving his family in Edo. This gave the Tokugawa Shogun hostages and diverted the Daimyo’s wealth from military investment to maintaining two residences in a style befitting his position as well as paying
Liberalism promotes equity and opportunity for the individual while fascism is all about the greater good and support of the establishment. When we look closer however, we begin to see a good many similarities. Both are reactionary ideologies, coming about as a response to some sort of perceived flaw in the current socioeconomic system. Explanation: Liberalism found its beginnings as a reactionary ideal to the feudalistic inequities of medieval Europe. During this time period, religious conformity and ascribed status dictated where and how a person was to live and what they could do with their lives.
How and why did the Chinese and Japanese responses to the West differ during the nineteenth century? In the course of 19th century colonialism and European expansion, the far east and especially both China and Japan were becoming increasingly interesting to western states’ economies. Therefore, in order to achieve economic expansion, western powers started to try to open Japanese and Chinese markets, even though their ingrained principle of cultural and economic isolation forbade any type of interaction with other nations, which were commonly regarded as inferior. However despite the striking similarities in Japanese and Chinese traditional ways of dealing with other “barbarous” civilisations (Pelissier, 1967, S. 11-13) the outcome of the confrontation with the West could not have been more different. Whereas Japan successfully managed to modernise to such a point that it even eventually became an industrialised, modern state with democratic traits in an astonishingly short space of time (Henshall, 1999, S. xiii-xv), China’s adaptation has been infinitely slower, undermining its status as an independent state.
Before the 1800s, China and Japan were almost identical. They isolated themselves from other countries; but after their imperialisms in the late 1800s, the countries went on different paths. China remained traditional and denied modernization and suffered because of it, while Japan emulated the imperial powers and became an imperial
European Politics (France vs United Kingdom) The European union brings forth a group of democratic nations that agree to follow some of the same laws and rules to bring somewhat of a unity to the European nations. However, even though they might work together in the European union, all these nations hold sovereignty and carry their own political systems. Some vary differently from others greatly and some can share differences and similarities. For example, France and the United Kingdom are nations that serve under the European Union but they hold their own government and their people completely separate from each other. Some aspects of their government may show similarities, but some aspects may show differences.