Japan Project:Revision. Ten Unwritten Rules for Travel In China. Geography of Japan. Japanese Feudalism and European Feudalism. Although Japan and Europe did not have any direct contact with one another during the medieval and early modern periods, they independently developed very similar socio-political systems.
Often, these systems are labeled as feudal. What is feudalism? The great French historian Marc Bloch defined it this way: "A subject peasantry; widespread use of the service tenement (i.e. the fief) instead of a salary...; supremacy of a class of specialized warriors; ties of obedience and protection which bind man to man...; [and] fragmentation of authority - leading inevitably to disorder. " In other words, there are peasants who are tied to the farm land and work for protection plus a portion of the harvest, rather than for money. Warriors dominate the society and are bound by codes of obedience and ethics. China refine. Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17. The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9.