Japan vs. Europe
Japan and Europe both had this type of system with lords, warriors, and peasants.
What is feudalism?
When historians compare different societies, they are using this method.
What is comparative history?
Some people assume this continent’s feudalism is the “normal” version.
What is Europe?
In both Japan and Europe, land was controlled by these powerful people.
Who are lords?
Historians now try to study Japan’s feudalism without using only ___.
What are European ideas?
True or False: Japanese feudalism must fit into a European model to be understood.
What is false?
What group of warriors in Japan was similar to European knights?
Who are the samurai?
This famous historian also compared feudal societies and wrote Feudal Society (1939).
Who is Marc Bloch?
After this war, historians started studying non-Western history in a fairer way.
What is World War II?
Instead of assuming Japan copied Europe, historians should study Japan’s feudalism based on its own ___.
What is history?
Duus believes our definition of feudalism should stay ___.
What is flexible?
When historians only use Western ideas to explain world history, it’s called ___.
What is Eurocentrism?