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.
ISONOMY
Etymology
Noun
isonomy (countable and uncountable, plural isonomies)
Alternative form of isonomia
Source: Wiktionary
I*son"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. isonomie. See Isonomic.]
Definition: Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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