Complex sentence: The origin of kebab may lie in the short supply of cooking fuel in the Near East; tradition has it that the dish was invented by medieval Persian soldiers who used their swords to grill meat over open-field fires.
Split into simpler sentences: The origin of kebab may lie in the short supply of cooking fuel in the Near East. Tradition has it that the dish was invented by medieval Persian soldiers who used their swords to grill meat over open-field fires.