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.
WELTANSCHAUUNGS
Noun
weltanschauungs
plural of weltanschauung
Source: Wiktionary
WELTANSCHAUUNG
Welt"an"schau`ung, n.; pl. Weltanschauungen (#). [G.]
Definition: Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in, and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the general idea embodied in a cosmology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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