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.
EDWARD
Edward, Black Prince
(noun) son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years’ War (1330-1376)
Edward, Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis
(noun) third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)
Edward, Edward I
(noun) King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307)
Edward, Edward II
(noun) King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327)
Edward, Edward III
(noun) son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years’ War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)
Edward, Edward IV
(noun) King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
Edward, Edward V
(noun) King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
Edward, Edward VI
(noun) King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
Edward, Edward VII, Albert Edward
(noun) King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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