The Byzantine legal system is best described as a combination of -- government laws and local customs.
religious laws and local customs.
government laws and Roman customs.
religious laws and Greek customs.

Government laws and local customs

Explanation:

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small european communities with shared traditions consolidated into large new states (apex)

answer: both considered peasants valued members of society.

explanation: the ancient chinese and indian empires were large asian empires that had the same problems with other big empires, they had to work hard and sometimes fight in order to keep them united, they both relied heavily on their capacity to trade and to send strange and rare items to europe, and had the father as the head of the house hold in both societies, but they didn´t considered pleasants as valued members of their society, they were the bottom of the social pyramid in both of their societies.