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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking             [appears, is appeared]in the middle of the 15th century in Yemen. It was here in Arabia that roasted coffee seeds             [boiled, were boiled]for the first time. Coffee              [was prepared, prepared]then in a very similar way to how we              [are prepared, prepare]it in the present day. Coffee          [used, was used]by Sufi circles to stay awake for their religious rituals.

In the 16th century, coffee             [was reached, reached]the rest of the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. And not long after that, coffee              [exported, was exported]to Italy and to the rest of Europe, and to the Americas.

In Europe, coffee             [was arrived, arrived]in Venice first, and from Venice, it                [was introduced, introduced]to the rest of Europe. Coffee became more widely accepted after Pope Clement VIII          [was said, said]that it was a Christian beverage in 1600; many people wanted to ban coffee because they said it was a "Muslim drink". The first European coffee house opened in Rome in 1645.

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Mayan _____ in many regions in Guatemala and southern Mexico.

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The match _____ by 4.1 million people.