This timeline attempts to study the relationship between chairs, and their function. Most simply they are meant for sitting, but this timeline show how they can also facilitate other meanings and represent new ideas.
I first looked at thrones, and learned a little bit about their history. I found out that chairs were often places in temples to gods, so that they could have a place of leisure. So it was only natural that the kings would have this same oppurtunity, allowing them to have to connotation of a godly being.
Also the placement of the chair and significance of their title played a roll in its meaning. But it is undeniable that the chair itself transformed into a symbol of power.
I then went on to discover lots a chairs that we recognise today that aren't thrones but serve the same purpose, such as the president's chair in the oval office, or the chair at the head of the table in any household dinner, or the judges chair in tv competitions.
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