I’m trying to read about Ancient history and wish to cover the entire period so I’m looking for some book recommendations about the key historical events. I’d like to start with a broad overview of the earliest settlements then follow the development of Western Civilisation. Any suggestions would be great and if I’m being too vague or anything just tell me so I can be more specific. Thanks in advance.
For a fairly brief overview from the recovery after the bronze age collapse to Rome I'd recommend this by Charles Freeman which largely does what it says on the tin.
https://www.amazon.com/Egypt-Greece-Rome-Civilizations-Mediterranean/dp/0199263647
We used De Oudheid by Naerebout and Singor for Ancient History at university. It might be a good place to start. It's called Antiquity in English.