The first pizzeria in the United States is traditionally credited to Gennaro Lombardi, a pizza maker from Naples. He opened a grocery store in New York's Little Italy in 1897 and was licensed to sell pizza in 1905, although some historians dispute that claim. His employee Antonio Pero made the pizzas, which sold for five cents each. Many people could not afford a whole pie, so they bought what they could afford as a slice, wrapped in paper tied with string. In 1924 Pero left to open Totonno's on Coney Island, and that pizzeria and others such as Patsy's and John's helped spark a wave of new pizza places. By 2010 New York City had more than 400 pizza restaurants.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.