In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BENGAL
Bengal
(noun) a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ben*gal", n.
1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light.
– Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3.
РBengal tiger. (Zo̦l.). See Tiger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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