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Differences Between A Samurai And A Knight
If you were to choose between a samurai and a knight, who would you choose? Choose carefully because both knight and samurai had big differences. Samurai and knights were created in similar ages and in a similar system called Feudal, Samurai were strong, skilled, professionally trained warriors in Japan and Knights were powerful, well armed warriors in Europe. Both had major differences just as their fighting style, religion, and armor. Their first major area of differences was their armors, warriors were frequently fought, on a result to creating armors. A samurai’s armor was agile and was created for good mobility. Samurai did not wear armor in their right arm as said in the dbq ” so they could draw their bows.” A samurai armor was made

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