Well, a good start for general framework is the Durants' The Story of Civilization, a multi-volume series done by era. It is out of copyright and the volumes are here: https://archive.org/details/TheStoryOfCivilizationcomplete

Well, a good start for general framework is the Durants' The Story of Civilization, a multi-volume series done by era. Most of the volumes are here: https://archive.org/details/TheStoryOfCivilizationcomplete