2. • Foods similar to pizza have been prepared since
the Neolithic age. Records of people adding
other ingredients to bread to make it more
flavorful can be found throughout ancient
history. These flatbreads, like pizza, are from
the Mediterranean area and other examples of
flat breads that survive to this day from the
ancient Mediterranean world.

3. • The term 'pizza' first appeared "in a Latin text
from the southern Italian town of Gaeta in 997
AD, which claims that a tenant of certain
property is to give the bishop of Gaeta 'duodecim
pizze', "twelve pizzas", every Christmas day, and
another twelve every Easter Sunday,".

4. • By the late 18th century, it was common for the poor of the area
around Naples to add tomato to their flat bread, and so the
pizza was born.. Until about 1830, pizza was sold from open-air
stands and out of pizza bakeries. Pizzerias keep this old tradition
alive today. It is possible to enjoy pizza wrapped in paper and a
drink sold from open-air stands outside the premises. Antica
Pizzeria Port'Alba in Naples is widely regarded as the city's
first pizzeria. It started producing pizzas for peddlers in 1738
but expanded to a pizza restaurant with chairs and tables in 1830.
It still serves pizza from the same premises today.

5. • Inmigrants and their descendants took the
pizza to the United States, and in there the
pizza became very popular.Nowadays the
pizza has turned into fast food, and it is
typical to call to order a pizza and have it
delivered home.