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Rise & Fall of the Warrior
The samurai was one of the most proudest and feared warriors of all time. They enjoyed a quick rise to power with an equally quick drop to normal society. There undying devotion to there leaders honor, and even more importantly there own, set them apart from any other society. There rise to power, there code of life, there perfected technology, and there sharp downfall are all part of the great reign of the samurai.
The first appearance of the Japanese warrior was during the Heian era (794-1185), they were called bushi. Bushi were assigned to guard the emperor and came to be known as saburai. By the thirteenth century, hereditary warriors, officials serving princes, court ministers, and other persons of high rank, were called saburai. Saburai originally referred only to the higher class of warriors and court officials. Eventually it was changed to samurai to make it easier to pronounce. War played a central part in the history of Japan. Warring clans......

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