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.
PARACOSM
paracosm
(noun) a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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