How did the political and religious ideas of the byzantine empire compare with the western empire? a) the byzantine emperor was considered to be the highed political and religious figure. in western europe, the highest political and religious figures were two different people. b) the byzantine emperor was considered the political leader, but did not have authority over the church. in the western empire, the king had the highest political and religious authority. c) the emperor of the byzantine empire was in favor of the use of religious icons, but the pope and bishops in the west were opposed, and excommunicated those who supported this. d) the patriarch, as the religious authority in the byzantine empire, passed a law criminalizing iconoclasts, while the religious leaders in western empire supported iconoclasts and their religious ideas

though both had similar roots, they both took these similar bases & formed it into their own way. both the byzantine empire and ancient roman have similar aspects, but each one made it unique. both the byzantine empire and ancient romans had roman influences which affected their culture

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.