PFH1171142: Tazawa Kurando, from the series 'Keisei suikoden' (Biographies of Valiant Drunken Tigers) 1874 (colour woodblock print), Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-92) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171159: China: A Hermit in the Mountains, illustrated by Chinese artist Zhu Henian in c.1775-1825. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171188: Thailand: Roof detail at Wat Bowonniwet, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171189: Thailand: Buddha in the main viharn, Wat Bowonniwet, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171190: Thailand: Chinese-style figure, Wat Bowonniwet, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171192: Thailand: Wat Bowonniwet, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171196: Thailand: Naga-headed stone stairway, Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province, northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171197: Vietnam: Wounded Vietnamese orphan, Dak Son, 1967. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171209: Japan: Count Hasegawa Yoshimichi (1859-1924), Governor of Korea 1916-1919. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171217: Japan: 'Hyakki Yako', 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons', detail from a scroll, 18th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171218: Japan: 'Hyakki Yako', 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons', detail from a scroll, 18th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171225: Thailand: Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province, northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171233: Thailand: Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province, northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171240: Thailand: Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) from the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179211: China: A view of Chin-keang-foo and Golden Island, Yangzi River, First Opium War (1839-1942) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179215: China: A Chinese spearman, First Opium War, 1839-1842 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179219: China: Fighting at Canton's West Gate, Second Opium War, 1856-1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179221: China: The British fleet passing Golden Island on the Yangzi River, First Opium War, 1839-1842 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179222: China: French troops attack the Chinese at Pa Li Chian Bridge, 1860, Second Opium War (1856-1860) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179224: China: 'Monuments near Chin Keang Foo', First Opium War, 1839-1842 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179226: China: Signing of the Treat of Tientsin , 1858. Second Opium War, 1856-1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179239: India: Maharaja Gulab Singh Dogra of Jammu and Kashmir, c. 1846 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179249: Vietnam: King Thanh Thai, Nguyen emperor of Vietnam 1889-1907 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179264: Thailand: The Old Town's busy moats at the Thai New Year Songkran (Water) Festival, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179266: Uzbekistan: The iwan or covered portico at Bolo Hauz Mosque, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179274: Iraq: A Miniature by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179294: Iraq: Abu Zayd in the mosque at Basra. Miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179301: Iraq: Two men in conversation. A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179303: Iraq: A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' of Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179310: Iraq: Abu Zayd in the tavern or hostelry at Anah. A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' of Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179311: Uzbekistan: The 10th century Ismail Samani mausoleum, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179344: Uzbekistan: The old city walls and the Tallipach Gate dating from the 16th century, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179358: Iraq: A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' of Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179368: The physician Andromakhos observes various agricultural activities, illuminated folio from the 'Kitab al-Diriyak' by Pseudo-Gallen (vellum), Iraqi School / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179374: Uzbekistan: The Kalyan or Kalon minaret with the dome of the Mir-i-Arab Madrasah in the background, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179378: Uzbekistan: The Mir-i-Arab Madrasah, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images