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That is pretty much their history >The first coffeehouses appeared in Damascus. These Ottoman coffeehouses also appeared in Mecca, in the Arabian Peninsula in
by kirici 2y ago
That is pretty much their history
>The first coffeehouses appeared in Damascus. These Ottoman coffeehouses also appeared in Mecca, in the Arabian Peninsula in the 15th century, then spread to the Ottoman Empire's capital of Istanbul in the 16th century and in Baghdad. Coffeehouses became popular meeting places where people gathered to drink coffee, have conversations, play board games such as chess and backgammon, listen to stories and music, and discuss news and politics. They became known as "schools of wisdom" for the type of clientele they attracted, and their free and frank discourse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeehouse#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeehouse#History
- bobxmax 2y agoMuch of Islamic civilization and the intellectual tour de force of the Islamic golden age came out of these early coffee shops.
- ramblenode 2y agoThese sprung up well after the Islamic Golden Age [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age