The Samurai's were the "military class" warriors of Japan. These warriors acted as retainers to greater lords, fighters, and the enforcers of policy and morality. Their importance and influence grew during the Heian Period (794-1185) when the powerful landowners hired them for the protection of their properties. The knights on the other hand were the most significant figure of the feudal system of the European Middle Ages. The word knight derived from the Old English word cniht, the equivalent of the Latin word caballarius, meaning "horseman." The Knights duty was very much similar like the Samurai's. Th

The Knights even looked for conflicts to engage during peacetime. Fighting was almost an everyday occurrence. The common people in times of danger fled to the castles or strongholds owned by nobles. The institution of knighthood was part of this feudal system.

The Japanese Samurai and Western European Knights were similar in their approach to conflict. They fought for their position status and to gain one's aim. A Knight's appearance on a battlefield was very similar to that of a Samurai. A Knight in armor would present a very strange appearance on a modern battlefield. His prancing steed and metal coat of mail, the heavy iron helmet that covered his head, the shield that he carried on his left arm, his lance and shinning sword. The Samurai had armor along with swords, bows and arrows. Where the Samurai's followed the rules of Bushido where as the Knights followed the rules of chivalry. Like the rules of chivalry that prevailed in Medieval Bushido was based on

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