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.
ISOLATIONISM
isolationism
(noun) a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
isolationism (countable and uncountable, plural isolationisms)
A national (or group) policy of non-interaction with other nations (or groups).
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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