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Compare And Contrast Japan And European Culture

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Is it possible for two civilizations over 5,000 miles apart to be somewhat uniform, or is it a completely different society? Japan and Europe are diverse and similar in many ways. There may be some similarities and differences in religion. A small amount maybe the same and the majority different or vise versa. It's the same with the economy's structure and social classes. You don't really notice the poles under a boardwalk. The poles hold up the bridge and keep it strong, but without it the boardwalk would collapse. Japan was mainly populated with peasants. These peasants worked in agricultural land called a domain. There were hundreds of domains, each ruled by a lord. The lords were called daimyos. Peasants respected and listened to their daimyo because they were given their own land to cultivate. The domains mainly produced rice. Rice was a big deal to the Japanese. Domains were measured in the amount of rice they produced. As urbanization increased, it introduced commercialism and monetization, or the transition into using money. Warriors moved into castles and noblemen were drawn to tasks closer to the castle. Daimyos sold rice to purchase luxurious items. Rice was exchanged for income tax, and …show more content…

Kings were not strong enough to ward off invaders. Hoping for safety, many Europeans moved to the countryside. There, they developed feudalism. Feudalism was a strict, and well organized system. In Europe, the economy was called a manorialism. On the manorialism there was a large estate, or area of land, with a manor house. The king lived in the manor house along with his family, feudal lords, and knights. The King controlled the land. Fiefs, or parts of land, were given to feudal lords in exchange for their military services. Knights controlled the land and people living there. All knights had to follow a code named chivalry, and they had to be honest, brave, and

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They established an administrative system that created rules, had officials watch over the villages to enforce rules/laws, things were regulated, etc. They changed tax and forced labor systems. They also redistributed land. This is significant because it shows how the Japanese government was able to benefit and organize their communities and establish laws. In Doc 1 written by the Roman historian, Florus in c.150 says that there should not be a war with slaves and men should not be forced to follow the rules of a cruel ruler.

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They had to defend themselves from invasion, since there was no leader and nobody to rule or control the land and to protect it the nomadic tribes came and took peoples land (Richardson). (CS)Feudalism: Economy (MIP-1) The king had lords controlling parts of his lands. (SIP-A) As lords they were given things.

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Both systems together illustrated the legal, economic, and social aspects of the Middle Ages, were known as the guidelines for the proprietors of the time, and were closely interconnected; nevertheless, they are still known as two separate systems with a few significant disparities, mainly their distinct concepts. The primary difference between the two was that Feudalism was a diplomatic and military framework, while Manorialism was a fiscal framework for the feudal estates of society, and it did not have the military component present in Feudalism. An example of this is how Feudalism included the concept of a fief, which was the agreement between the lord and the vassal to give the vassal land and his protection in exchange for his service.

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No one had to set up a complex system and then push people into it, the serfs, clergy, vassals, and lords set up the system themselves by naturally becoming a part of it. Feudalism was formed because people’s intuition led them to become a part of a self-sustaining community within the bounds of a lords’ manor. Feudalism’s spontaneous and successful breakthrough into the Middle Ages is what makes it so

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