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Samurais, the ancient warriors of Japan, were present in Japan from 800 AD to 1800 AD. However,, they rose to power in the 12th century. Samurai roughly means “those who serve” (Samurai and Bushido, History.com). There was a long gap from when the samurai first appeared and when they rose to power.But however, Samurai disappeared when the Meji Restoration of 1868 occurred. The Meji Restoration abolished the feudal system which got rid of the samurais. However, the samurai did many things during their reign. Some of these things were protecting their lords, serving their lords, fighting battles with other warriors. They did a lot of things as you can see. Of course they did more than this, this is only a short list of what they did. Samurai’s accomplished a lot during their period of time. Sadly. there aren’t any samurais still living from the period in which they were present in Japan.
So In the beginning, samurai didn’t have a lot of power. This period of time is during the Heian Period. The Heian Period occurred at 794 to 1185 (Samurai and Bushido, History.com). Even though they ...

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