Mesoamerica

What makes you think the Middle East is more important than Mesoamerica, for instance?

If Mesoamerica interests you, maybe read the article "Sweet Cacao and Sour Atole: Mixed Drinks on Classic Maya Ceramic Vases."

Blue was a rare, expensive color in ancient times, whether it was derived from lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan some 6,000 years ago, made by blending copper with other elements throughout the Middle East and in ancient China, or mixing an extract of the indigo plant with clay and resin by Mayans in Mesoamerica.

Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica.