What are the similarities between the feudal social structure and the hindu caste system?

Caste and feudal system are social hierarchies which means people are based on social significance.

Explanation:

Both caste and feudal systems have four categories. Caste system has Brahmins, Kshatriya, vaishyas and shudras. Feudal systems has kings, nobles, knights and peasants. Persons class determined the occupation he took up and he attains pride based on the job he does. people who do menial jobs are treated in a different manner. Power was based on the class which the individual belong to.

There was no improvement of the people moving to the next strata in the society. Caste system was based on religion while feudal system was based on the Catholic church belief. Feudal system ended but the caste system still prevails in India.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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those who allied with france gained land and power.