Similarities Between Samurai And Knights

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There are many similarities between the knights of medieval Europe and the samurai of medieval Japan, especially considering their training, armor, and codes of conduct. For example, Documents A and B discuss how knights and samurais both begin their training in their childhood. However the samurai began their training in their childhood and became a samurai at 14. knights began their training at four or five and became a night at age 21. According to Document a , “The rigorous training of samurai began in childhood.” Another similarity in Documents C and D were both knights and samurai armor were very heavy. Although, Knights wore full suits of armor and samurai armor was split into four pieces. Document c states, “The body of armor had four