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.
PRODUCTIVITIES
Noun
productivities
plural of productivity
Source: Wiktionary
PRODUCTIVITY
Pro`duc*tiv"i*ty, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. Emerson. Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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