What are the similarities and differences between the Spanish conquest and the Korean War Toyotomi Hideyoshi?
October 31, 2020 | Education
| What are the similarities and differences between the Spanish conquest and the Korean War Toyotomi Hideyoshi? Was there anything more like the Korean War than the conquista in 15th-16th century Spain?
The similarity of the conquest and the Korean War is for the purposes of the rulers: to occupy a large unemployed army of nobles (hidalgo or samurai) “useful for the state”. The difference is in the cultural level of the conquered country: Korea was not inferior to Japan, and Indian America was far behind Spain. More similar to the Korean War of Toyotomi Hideyoshi is the Italian war of Fernando of Aragon (the conquest of Naples from the French).
