Medieval Europe and Japan

By: Brian.p
Intro
Medieval Japan and Medieval Europe were both very similar and both had pros
and cons. For example, they both had feudalism and warriors that protected the
land. They also were both fairly different, one example of this is in Japan the
person who was at the top of the feudalism pyramid did not necessarily have the
most power. Also the main thing that was killing people was fairly different. In
Japan it was natural disasters whereas in Europe it was plague, war, or maybe
even the spanish inquisition, well, at least you could say they had variety. Europe
and Japan had some pros as well as some glaring cons but they were both pivotal
to modern civilisation.
 Feudalism allowed some of the lower classes to gain some
more land for their services. one example of this is the serfs
who had very little power and could not do anything without
their lords permission. However, they did have more
Land guaranteed land than the peasants but less freedom and
rights. Also, to protect this land people would hire warriors to
to protect their land which is good if you choose that career
path.
Christianity spread all throughout Europe and many
Religion churches were built as a result. Also, being a monk was
fairly important and if you were a monk you lead a very
religious lifestyle and would convert people to christianity
which also would have brought you close to Europe. On
top of that, would learn how to read and write. Which was
very good because not many people could do that.
learning In Europe there were many churches and
monasteries which were often universities as well
there was a lot of knowledge in Europe. Also if you
were a monk you would likely be a scribe and would
often copy books and therefore learn a lot. On top of
that Europe previously housed the roman empire
which was just a fountain of knowledge and some of
that knowledge from that empire would still be around
Because of the large amount of volcanoes that
have erupted in Japan the soil is very fertile.
Farming This can make farming very good for trade and
can be fairly profitable. Also the feudalism allows
people to have the land to farm on. Also farming
was one of the main things that peasants did for
their daimyo was farming
Becoming In Medieval Japan being a samurai was very good
a because you would be very well respected and had
quite a bit of power and land. This was due to the
samurai fact that the samurai were seen as honorable
warriors unlike the ninja and were therefore hired by
daimyo to protect land from invaders as well as
other daimyo from trying to get more land.
Good In Japan women had the same rights as men
and could fill all the same roles as well. In fact,
life for a Women could even become samurai or
woman empresses. This made it possible for women to
be more independent . This gave, women a lot
more power than in other civilisations.
 Plague killed many people in Europe the most famous of
which is the black death which killed 200 000 000 people
and spread all throughout the land through fleas and rats.
In fact the children's rhyme ring around the rosie was
Plague actually about the plague and plague doctors. Another
reason that this is really bad was that in some cases certain
religious groups were blamed for causing the plague.
From the crusades, hundred year war, to the reconquest
of spain medieval Europe had no shortage of large wars.
war These things were fairly bad for the targeted or in the
aftermath for example after the reconquest of spain a
religious group was persecuted because of the general
hate of them from the invaders in fact one of the things
that this group was blamed for was the plague that was
going on
The The spanish inquisition was a fairly extreme for of
Spanish religious persecution set up by the pope to help
inquisition
eliminate heretics and increase people's chances of
getting into heaven. However, if the individual who
was suspected of heresy did not confess they could
be tortured be tortured for a confession. After that, if
thy still did nt confess they could be executed.
Japan is and has been plagued with natural
Natural disaster for a very long time. Because the
islands have many volcanoes many of which
disaster were active, volcanoes erupting can be a very
dangerous event. Also, because the islands are
in the ocean, other natural disasters such as
typhoons and tsunamis can also be very
destructive as well
Japan being a bunch of islands with very
mountainous terrain, the geography is not exactly
Bad very favourable for anything. The mountainous
geography terrain makes farming difficult because you have to
use shelf farming. Also, the fact that it is in the
ocean brings in the aforementioned tsunamis and
typhoons.
In Japan, the lowest class even below peasants
Little was the merchant class even though they were
power for often very wealthy they still had very little actual
power. This may be partly because thay were
merchants not thought of to have an important role in
society even though they may actually had a
fairly large role.
I think that something that we can learn from Medieval Europe is that you need to
be careful with religion. The reason that I say this is that in many cases the
religious leader can have a lot of power and can influence many things in possibly
bad ways. One example of this is the Spanish inquisition, many people were
tortured or even killed because of religious beliefs. On top of that, people can be
blamed for things that really aren't their fault because of religion. Another thing
that was fairly important is that it is important to be careful of plague and sickness
as well as trying to consistently develop in the different fields of science and not
always trust religion.
There are many things that we can learn from Japan one of which is to not get too
greedy. The reason that I say this is because there was a lot of infighting in Japan
over things such as land because some people wanted more. Another thing that I
think that could be learned is that we always have to be careful with nature and the
things such as natural disasters that can be thrown at us. The reason that I say this
is because these things caused a lot of destruction in medieval Japan.
Something that both medieval Europe and medieval Japan had in common was
Feudalism. However, one large difference was that the difference in power
from the top and the second from the top. The reason for this is because in
Japan the Shogun may have actually had more power than the emperor
because of his control of large armies whereas in Europe the most power was
almost uncontestedly held by the King.

Vs.

Another similarity is that both Japan and Europe have warrior classes.
In Japan it is the arguably better samurai with a large amount of training
and steel weapons and the arguably inferior European knights with
heavier armour and a smaller amount of training. Although they are
different they had similar power and roles in their respective societies,
that is to protect the estate or castle from invaders or to attack an estate
or castle