Musui’s Story is a personal memoir of samurai Katsu Kokichi, whose life extended during the Tokugawa period in the early 1800s in Japan. This autobiography reflects upon the nature of the Tokugawa society, but most importantly the role that the samurai class held during this era. With repetitional civil wars threatening the population’s safety, the samurai social class arose from the demand of a warrior class that could successfully abstain the population from obvious dangers. In the Tokugawa period, individuals had strict codes and ethics to obey by in order to be considered samurais. These rigorous warriors had to firmly conform to their masters to directly demonstrated respect to those above them in the social class, and they had to follow the bushido code, which was a unique Japanese code of conduct that was created in the 1600s.
The Samurai became the guardians of the feudal lords and for a time were the only people in Japan allowed to possess swords. Samurai were trained to have no fear or thought of self-preservation. The code of Bushido carried to the battlefield. A samurai would bathe before battle so that if he died, he would smell good, following a code of respect. He would be meticulous in his dress and choice of weapons.
Religion was everywhere in both countries and they were both monotheistic with the belief in only one god, simular also was that they both built places of worship for them in this case Europe build churches while the Japanese built temples. Although around the same time these two great nations had their differences of a vast amount. Soldiers were the backbone of both of the countries but the Japanese soldiers were a lot more disciplined and respectful the malevolent European knights. Women were both a part of the different medieval periods but had their Fair share of differences too, for instance in Japan women could hold positions of power a feat not done with European women, and women could become Samurai were as European women
Characteristics of a perfect knight * The Duty, honor, loyalty and the willingness to shed blood and have their own shed filled the life of a medieval knight. * It was no easy task and many a man was cut down before his prime in the pursuit to become a knight in medieval times. * It was terribly expensive to be a knight. * Becoming a knight was part of the feudal agreement. * In the late middle ages, many prospective knights began to pay "shield money" to their lord so that they wouldn't have to serve in the king’s
Because they did not grapple in hand to hand combat they possessed little or no armour and only carried wicker shields. This meant that the Persians were at a massive disadvantage from the outset of the battle with their cavalry neutralised by the high position of the Greeks. Leadership and strategy also played a key role in the defeat of the Persians at Marathon with Callimachus, as elected
In both empires, people were ruled violently and were organized into similar class structures. The ruler of the Mongol empire, Genghis Khan, gained stronger power conquering more territories which he did brutally and aggressively and by killing his enemies. On the same side, the Aztec empire slaughtered people in excuse of sacrifice for gods and gave more power to the chief of men. The reason why they were similar was because with violent strict rules, there were less people who revolted against the laws. Therefore, it was easier for the empires to rise in power quickly and not deal with the rebels.
These were dictated by ‘the Knightly code’, with the Knight being compelled to "protect the weak, defenceless, and helpless, and fight for the general welfare of all’. Although this code was rarely lived up to, it remained the standard for chivalry and proper behaviour amongst the nobility for centuries. In non-military terms, the code meant that Knights had a code of ethics that dictated how they acted off the battlefield. As the Medieval period progressed, the culture changed becoming ‘more refined and elegant’. Knights were expected to understand the rules of Chivalry and courtly love.
Through out the Meiji period, the ruling Oligarchs made serious strides in bringing Japan from an almost medieval stage of development to a modern developed nation state. Almost all of the decisions these powerful men made in bringing their country forward were not made with the peoples best interest in mind, but rather in the Oligarchs lust for power and profit. When the Meiji rulers took over from the Tokugawa rulers, they knew they had to industrialize their country as fast as possible in order to keep up with Western technologies. For the most part the rulers used private companies to modernize the country. The private zaibatsu (10-15 extremely powerful corporations) ,the heads of which had direct ties to the ruling Oligarchs, directed the economy towards pure profit at the expense of workers rights.
Aztec society was extremely hierarchal. The main groups were the nobility the peasants/artisans, the merchants and the slaves. All the males in the Aztec society could be warriors and on from their they can become wealthy. Nobility always stayed in the families and the sons got more training because theyre parents hired people to make them better warriors. The pesants stayed in little groups around each other.
Families with low income would send all of their kids in one grade and they would learn same subject. Recitation was the main practice that teachers used when it came to learn the subject. Student had to get memorize important dates in History or other subjects and then repeat them in front of the class or quietly to the teacher. (web 5) Teachers of boarding school that taught had to live with their students but received minimum pay of four to ten dollars a month. (web 5).