I recommend Michael Roaf, and particularly "The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East."

If you're interested in Ancient Egypt, see "Egypt and the Egyptians" by Douglas Brewer and Emily Teeter.

I was a TA for an Ancient Near East survey. They used this book, https://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-the-ancient-near-east-ca-3000-323-bc/oclc/50294916&referer=brief_results. I have read most of this, which is supposed to be the standard text in the field. This fact was confirmed by the professor for whom I was a TA as well as my friend who did his masters in Ancient Near Eastern history: https://www.worldcat.org/title/ancient-near-east-c-3000-330-bc/oclc/31606363&referer=brief_results