I have read two books about Mesopotamian civilization:

The book "Ancient Babylonian Civilization" seems to belong to the series of world civilization journey, the lost ancient Babylonian civilization. Sorry, I'm at work and I don't remember the author. This book is very good.

About the Persian Empire: (Because Persia ruled there, I have to say)

The Persian Empire was written by Wei Qing. I read it in 2002. It seems that it was just published at that time. If you think it's not out of date, you can have a look. It's still possible.

As for the part about the wars between Greece and Persia, I suggest you just read it online. If you have to read this part, it means that the History of Persian War was not written by modern people, but by Herodotus of ancient Greece. Regarding whether this man is an ox or not, the sentence "When it comes to western history, Herodotus cannot be ignored" can sum up his fighting capacity.

In addition, you'd better look at the Hittites and Assyrian Empire in detail on the Internet. The Assyrian empire has no separate history, and the present history can only be recorded from other countries. The history of the Jews, A Brief History of the Jewish Nation, is not bad. I have read the book A History of Jews in the World a little. Personally, I feel average. Maybe I didn't look carefully. This is written by an Israeli.

Then came the period of the Alexander Empire:

I recommend the book Conquest and Empire-The Rule of Alexander the Great. You should read it. Seleucid Empire and Ptolemy Dynasty on the Internet.

During the Roman Empire:

Looking at the history of the Roman Empire, it is mentioned that this period was the rest empire, that is, the Parthian Empire. I didn't see a special book. I read it from History of Western Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire.

Next:

William Moore of The Arabian Empire is an Englishman and is very objective.

Looking through the history books of the Arab Empire and later the Ottoman Empire, if you choose foreign authors, you must try to be objective.

I haven't read the history books of the Ottoman Empire, but I have read them on the website, which seems to have more than 100 pages.

The General History of the World written by Stavri Anoos contains the accounts of all nationalities in the history of the Middle East.

History of world civilization, Burns, highly recommended.

I think it will be good for you to have a general understanding of world history first, and then study a special history, an empire and a new way of learning after systematization.

Be prepared, you won't be able to master the details you asked for in two years. Please believe me.