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17th century

Era origin period places a dish in the historical span when it first appeared. Wikipedia records that "the term pizza was first recorded in AD 997, in a Latin manuscript from the southern Italian town of Gaeta," centuries before the dish took the form eaten today. Browsing by era shows which dishes share roughly the same age.

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5000 BCE 1
17th century
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1. Stew (Wikipedia)
Stew, History section, Jomon period Japan
Quote, Stew, History section, Jomon period Japan
The world's oldest known evidence of stew was found in Japan, dating to around 5000 BC during the Jomon period.
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