Major technological and societal development in the middle east apparently occurred with the arrival of Caucasians, and even now the highest families are very light skinned. Iran, 'land of the Aryan' is another example of the legacy, which continues to hold fair skin and green or blue eyes in high regard. My blonde, blue-eyed Lebanese ancestral family could testify to that. (They were in high society until it became lethal to be Christian.)
Major technological and societal development in the middle east apparently occurred with the arrival of Caucasians, and even now the highest families are very light skinned. Iran, 'land of the Aryan' is another example of the legacy, which continues to hold fair skin and green or blue eyes in high regard. My blonde, blue-eyed Lebanese ancestral family could testify to that. (They were in high society until it became lethal to be Christian.)