Assertion: coffee | /r/CapableOf | spread to the balkans
Facets:
value: to america
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: despite bans
type: OTHER
value: to the rest of europe
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Coffee then spread to the Balkans, Italy, and to the rest of Europe, as well as Southeast Asia and then to America, despite bans imposed during the 15th century by religious leaders in Mecca and Cairo, and later by the Catholic Church.[citation needed]