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Main ingredient sorts dishes by the single component that defines them most. Pizza's own definition, Wikipedia notes, centers on "a flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomato, cheese, and other ingredients," naming wheat dough as the one element every pizza shares. This dimension groups dishes built around the same core ingredient.

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Era of Emergence
2000 BCE 1
Main Ingredient
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Anchovy

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1 entry

Annatto

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1 entry

Bacon

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1 entry

Bamboo Shoot

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1 entry

Basil

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1 entry

Bean Sprouts

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4 entries

Béchamel Sauce

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1 entry

Beef

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11 entries

Black Pepper

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6 entries

Black-Eyed Pea

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1 entry

Bread

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1 entry

Broth

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3 entries

Brown Sugar

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1 entry

Buckwheat

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2 entries

Butter

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5 entries

Cabbage

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2 entries

Cardamom

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2 entries

Carrot

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1 entry

Cassava

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1 entry

Celery

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2 entries

Chayote

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1 entry

Cheese

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11 entries

Chhena

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1 entry

Chicken

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8 entries

Chili Oil

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1 entry

Chili Pepper

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3 entries

Coconut

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1 entry

Coconut Milk

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6 entries

Condensed Milk

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1 entry

Coriander

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1 entry

Cornmeal

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1 entry

Crayfish

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1 entry

Cream

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2 entries

Crustaceans

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1 entry

Daikon

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1 entry

Durum Wheat

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2 entries

Egg

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11 entries

Egg Noodles

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1 entry

Eggplant

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1 entry

Fennel

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1 entry

Fettuccine

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1 entry

Fish

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2 entries

Fish Sauce

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2 entries

Flour

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11 entries

Garlic

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10 entries

Ghee

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1 entry

Ginger

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1 entry

Glass Noodles

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2 entries

Glutinous Rice

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2 entries

Gravy

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1 entry

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Sources
1. Noodle - Wikipedia
Noodle, History section, oldest physical evidence
Quote, Noodle, History section, oldest physical evidence
The oldest physical evidence of noodles was from 4,000 years ago in China.
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