Because <span>The Byzantine emperor was considered to be the highest political and religious figure. In the Western Empire, the highest political and religious figures were two different people.
In Byzantine empire, the church officials were integrated with the government officials, making all the policies that made by the government is strongly tied to the rules of the bible. The western empire, on the other hand, tend to not include the church officials in the government (but they still treat their opinion with respect)</span>
The first stage was based on religion and ownership of property. At first, only those of certain religious beliefs could vote but this was abandoned quickly and also only those who owned property could vote but this was abandoned too and a huge number of voters got their suffrage rights as not you could be from any religious background and social class and still vote
The second expansion occurred after the civil war. Following the civil war, the electorate got increased when African-American people were given voting rights. Although racist states found ways to legally disenfranchise them and prevent them from voting, they still had voting rights in theory and those in free states practiced them.
The third expansion was when women were allowed to vote when the 19th amendment was ratified and women were allowed to vote in all states. Before that, women could not vote and now they could which means that the amount of possible votes doubled since there is almost the same number of women as there is of men.
The fourth expansion happened when the civil rights struggle occurred and laws were introduced to prevent disenfranchisement of African-Americans. This brought a lot of voters from southern states where voting was not possible for them in praxis since they had to pass tests or pay fees or similar things to vote
The fifth was later when youth was allowed to vote. It was established that states may not raise the minimum age requirement for voting over the age of 18, meaning that all states had to allow all voters age 18 and up to vote if they wanted to. This brought a lot of young voters since some states made it mandatory to have a minimum of 21 for example.
Explanation:
The American Colonization Society (ACS) was formed in 1817 to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States.
The First one would be the Mongolian Empire, the Mongols were the first largest Empire in Asia and conquered many kingdoms under the rule of Genghis Khan. The second would be the Xia Dynasty, located in China they began to grow rapidly during their time and modernized quickly. Third would be the Mughal Empire, located in India they defeated Alexander the Great. Fourth were the Persians, they were one of the largest empires in the worlds, located in Iran. Byzantines were a major one which makes number 5 on the list, they were considered East Romans and very rich and conquered land faster than you can say "Pizza".and Finally 6 which is Phoenicia, great sea men and traders who ruled the Mediterranean.
