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Comparison of Spartan and Samurai warriors
Both Feudal Japan and Ancient Sparta are renowned for their outstanding soldiery. Each had distinctly different military styles owing to the differences in their lifestyles and beliefs. The Japanese soldier had a balanced view of himself as a whole person, studying both martial and literary techniques, whereas the Spartan soldier was born and raised to become a soldier. Both techniques ....
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.... and poetry. By doing this, the shoguns ensured an army of elite soldiers that had the capacity to lead others or think for themselves if necessary. This training eventually had the effect of many warriors reverting to a study of Buddhism.
The training of soldiers was perhaps the biggest difference between the two civilizations. A Spartan male was trained for fighting and nothing else from the day he was born, as opposed to the more all-rou ....
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