I say this because so much of history on great civilizations come from regions in the world were the climates can be pretty hot and sticky. Also the sun was looked at as a deity of a god which indicates to me that those civilizations were probably exposed to it very often in those days.

If there were sun screen or sun tan lotion at the time then where's the proof? And if there wasn't any such skin protection then were many people subject to skin cancer or was there just more black civilization than what we are being told?