Compare the state public economic orders of Byzantium.

Supreme power:

1) Western Europe: kings and emperors, power is inherited;

2) Byzantium: elected emperors, including elements of inheritance;

Local authority:

1) Western Europe: counts, dukes, princes;

2) Byzantium: governors of individual provinces;

Judicial branch:

1) Western Europe: local or senior leadership with community participation;

2) Byzantium: local or senior leadership with the participation of the population;

Armed forces:

1) Western Europe: armies of kings, militias and mercenaries;

2) Byzantium: the troops of the ruler, guards, militia and mercenaries;

Church:

1) Western Europe: the Catholic Church headed by the Pope;

2) Byzantium: the church is headed by the patriarch.