Pizza ndi imodzi mwa mbale zotchuka kwambiri padziko lonse kotero n'zosadabwitsa kuti ambiri amanena kuti apanga pizza weniweni wapadziko lonse. Nazi mfundo khumi zosangalatsa zokhudza mbiri ya pizza:
- Chakudya chofanana ndi pizza --- ndiwo mkate wophikidwa ndi ophikira ndi ovunikila ndi zojambula zosiyanasiyana - zakonzedwa kuyambira zaka za Neolithic komanso kudera lonse lapansi.
- Komabe, ophika mkate ku Naples anakonza mbale yoyamba kuti idziwe ngati "pizza" m'zaka za m'ma 1600. Zakudya za mumsewuzi zinagulitsidwa kwa anthu osauka a Neapolitan omwe anathera nthawi yambiri kunja kwa nyumba zawo. A Neapolitan awa adagula magawo a pizza ndikudya pamene adayenda, zomwe zinawatsogolera olemba a ku Italy kuti azidya zakudya zawo "zonyansa."
- Mu 1889, Mfumu Umberto I ndi Mfumukazi Margherita poyamba adayendera Italy yatsopano ndipo adadutsa ku Naples. Nthano imanena kuti iwo adayamba kudya ndi chakudya chambiri cha French ndipo mfumukazi inapempha pizza kuti ayese. Wophika mkate wina dzina lake Raffaele Esposito wa Da Pietro Pizzeria (amene panopa amadziwika kuti Pizzeria Brandi) anapanga pizza ndi msuzi wofiira wa tomato, woyera mozzarella, ndi green basil, kuti awonetse mitundu ya mbendera ya Italy. Mfumukazi Margherita adavomereza pizza iyi ndipo posakhalitsa anadziwika kuti pizza margherita.
- Ngakhale kuti Mfumukazi idadalitsa pizza, pizza sichidziwika bwino kunja kwa Naples mpaka kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, pamene Italiya inayamba kusamukira ku America ndikunyamulira limodzi ndi maphikidwe awo.
- Mu 1905, Gennaro Lombardi anatsegula pizzeria yoyamba ku United States, akugulitsa pizza pamsika wake wam'mbali mumsewu ku Manhattan, komwe kuli malo ambiri a ku Italy ndi America. Lombardi akugwiransobe ntchito lero ndipo, ngakhale kuti sikunali kumalo ake 1905, malo odyera ali ndi uvuni womwewo monga momwe unachitira mu 1905.
- Pofika zaka za m'ma 1930, bizinesi ya pizza inagwedezeka. Anthu a ku Italy ndi a ku America anatsegula pizzerias kudutsa Manhattan, New Jersey, ndi Boston. Mu 1943, Ike Sewell anatsegulira Uno ku Chicago, akubweretsa pizza ya Chicago. Komabe, ngakhale kuti adatchuka, pizza adali akadali chakudya chosauka chogwira ntchito.
- Pambuyo pa nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse, ma GI adabwerera kwawo kuchokera ku Ulaya, akufuna kulawa pizza omwe ankakonda kudya m'nyanja. Mu 1945, Ira Nevin, msilikali wobwerera, anapanga uvuni wa pizza wa Baker's Pride, umene unkachititsa ogulitsayo kuti aziphika pizza pang'onopang'ono komanso mophweka, popanda mkaka kapena makala. Malo odyera ndi malo odyera anayamba kugulitsa pizza ambiri.
- Kufalikira kwenikweni kwa pizza kunachitika ndi kubwera kwa mndandanda wa pizza. Pizza Hut anatsegulidwa mu 1958, Little Caesar anatsegulidwa mu 1959, Domino anatsegulidwa mu 1960, ndipo Papa John anatsegulidwa mu 1989, aliyense ali ndi lingaliro lakuti adzagulitsa anthu a pizza.
- Mu 1957, Celentano anayamba kugulitsa pizza ndi ma pizza oyandikana nawo posakhalitsa kukhala chakudya chotchuka kwambiri kuposa onse.
- Masiku ano, bizinesi ya pizza imabweretsa ndalama zokwana madola 32 biliyoni, zomwe zimakhala ndi pizza zoposa 3 biliyoni chaka chilichonse ku United States.