The samurai
A. were a hereditary warrior class in medieval Japan recruited in Manchuria and Siberia.
B. were similar medieval European knights.
C. were the oath-pledged military retainers of the shogun, constituting a formal national army.
D. took oaths of poverty, chastity and obedience before their formal investiture.
E. were recruited from the peasant class.
Answer: B
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