righteousness honor loyalty power
In Japan women were equal to men, thus a women could become a samurai. In Europe Women weren't treated equal to men, thus they couldn't become knights. Samurai soldiers slept with their swords because they were scared of their wives, European soldiers didn't.
received salaries in payment for their service
They existed from the 1000s to the 1400
Several orders of knights from medieval times still exist today as service orders (like the Knights Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights). But most of us know knighthood as an honor bestowed in the United Kingdom by the queen or members of the royal family in recognition for some great social contribution. 5 countries where you can still become a knight France - Order of the Legion of Honor. Italy - Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity. The United kingdom - Order of the British Empire. Spain - Order of the Golden Fleece. The Principality of Sealand - The Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Sealand.
Knights and Samurai
The Samurai of the East have gone the way of the Knights of the West.
Three characteristics shared by knights and samurai were loyalty to their lords, adherence to a code of ethics (chivalry for knights, bushido for samurai), and the use of a variety of weapons and fighting techniques in battle.
samurai have an armor made out of bamboo, leather and some metal. but knights armor are made of steel or many chain mails joined together Samurai didnt have the chivalry that was requested from knights
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Samurai, but actually knights were European Samurai.
Yes Samurai are like the equivalent to European knights.
The Eastern Samurai were the equivalent of the Western Knights in Europe. They worked for Lords/Kings.
they both have a code of conduct
The warrior knights of Japan were the Samurai of the 18th and 19th century.
they were like knights. code of honor: Chivalry. code of hone for samurai: Bushido.