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• the social system of ancient Japan in order is Emporer, shoagun, daimyo, samurai, rohnin , peasants, artisans and crafts people then merchants
• the shogun was the true ruler of japan and was the leader of the military
• peasants where higher than merchants because they where valued for their labour
• the samurai followed the bushido code, which was a set of rules that governed their behaviour
• the principles of bushido emphasise honour, courage, skill in martial arts and loyalty to one's master (daimyo)
• the Japanese social structure was called the bakufu
• the main roles played by Japanese women were, housewife, mother, and warrior
• geisha's were prostitutes who were trained in the arts of entertainment
• tea ceremony was preformed by geisha
• filial piety means that women and girls should respect and obey their parents, and should not disobey them
• women expected to obey inlaws over parents
• shinto means the way of the spirits
• medieval europe began with the fall of the Roman Empire
• the medieval europe ended with thte renaissance
• a barbarian was a member of people not belongign t o one of the great civilizations
• feudalism is a social system based on the hierarchial system beetween relationships
• them king was at the top of the social group
• the nobels lived in large homes on kings granted land
• a nobel ruled over pesents and serves in his land
• he must lend land to millitary
• kings didn't have permanent army's
• 90% of people where pesets or serfs
• nobels: those who held a feif, often land or office, under vassalage
• earls where a rank of nobility
• hommage: homage was the formal act of recognition owed by vassals and subjects
• pesents mostly vegetarian
• high status people had more meat in medieval europe
• peasant women where responsible for farming, making clothes, being a mother and a wife
• castles in medieval Europe where fortified buildings that were used as a residence and a place of defence
• the Aztec social structure was the Emporer, nobles and priests, merchants,artisans, soldiers farmers fishers and women and slaves
• • The original city was destroyed but built up and renamed Mexico City
• • Chinampas
Floating islands made on the lakebed
• • Aztec calendars
Solar calendar: 365 daysSacred calendar: 260 daysEvery 52 years, the solar and sacred calendar matched together
• • The Aztec people believed that it was necessary to provide the gods with human blood
• • Every fifty-two years a human would be sacrificed, and a fire would be lit in the cavity of their chest where the heart was taken out
• • Aztec social classes
Commoners: Merchants, artisans, soldiers, farmers, fishers, women, slaves
  • Nobles: Emperor, advisors, priests
• in aztec they would play a game called tlacaxipehualiztli and the losing team would be sacrificed
• the cocao bean in aztec society was used as a form of currency
• cocao beans were seen as a gift from god and were used to make spicy chocolate drimks
• hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally