Many of these foods are what we'd now call fusion cuisine or food fusion, in which ingredients and cooking techniques from different regions are merged, sometimes out of necessity and sometimes out of mere creativity.
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly when cuisine from different countries started to be adapted, but it probably began with the spice trade, which started around the first century AD.
The Silk Road facilitated the exchange of spices, grains and cooking methods between Asia, the Middle East and Europe, significantly influencing global cuisine.
As people moved, they carried their cultural heritage with them, including cooking techniques and recipes, blending them with new flavours and ingredients.
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