PFH1168616: China: Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-p'ing; 22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) c. 1949 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168625: China: A young Wang Guangmei (1921-2006), First Lady of the People's Republic of China (1959-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168633: China: Hua Guofeng (1921–2008), Premier of the People's Republic of China (1976-1980) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168636: China: Chen Yi (August 26, 1901 - January 6, 1972), Chinese communist military commander and politician / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168640: China: Ye Ting (1896-1946), born in Guangdong, was a Chinese communist military leader / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168656: Thailand: A view over the centre of old Phrae, Northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168666: Vietnam: Tomb of Emperor Dong Khanh, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168672: Vietnam: Heavenly horse detail at the Tomb of Emperor Dong Khanh, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168693: Cambodia: Ta Prohm, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168694: Cambodia: Ta Prohm with its famous trees growing over the ruins, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168704: Thailand: Suan Si Ruedu (Four Seasons Garden Villa), Vimanmek Mansion, Dusit Park, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168707: Thailand: Tamnak Ho (Newlyweds Residential Hall), Vimanmek Mansion, Dusit Park, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168708: Thailand: Tamnak Ho (Newlyweds Residential Hall), Vimanmek Mansion, Dusit Park, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168710: Thailand: Vimanmek Mansion, Dusit Park, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168717: China: Artist Louis Delaporte was on hand to sketch this eerie scene as a French delegation passed a field of cholera victims in coffins as it traversed Yunnan province in December 1867. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168718: China: A sketch of the town of Ta-lan in southern Yunnan Province, 1867. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168725: China: The picturesque village of Pou-eul in Yunnan province surrounded by tiered rice paddies, drawn in 1867 by Louis Delaporte. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168729: China: A convoy of traders and porters on a trail in Yunnan province, as sketched by Louis Delaporte in 1868. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168733: A French expedition and porters pass an inn as they negotiate the cliffs on the route from Tong-tchouen to Mong-kou in Yunnan Province in 1868. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168736: China: French expeditioners and Chinese porters pause for a rest above the Yangtse River valley after walking in convoy from Dali in Yunnan Province in 1868. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168737: China: A French expedition tows its boats on the Kon-tchang River in Yunnan Province in 1868. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166356: Ottioman Empire: Turkish Bashi-Bazouk Mercenaries playing chess, 1870, by Jean-Leone Gerome. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166358: Ottoman Empire: An Arab Purchasing a Bridle, 1881, by Jean Leone Gerome. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166374: China: 'Facing One's Reflection with Vanity', Shanghai, 1930s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166376: China: 'Southern Beauty', Shanghai, 1930s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166399: China / Tibet: A Buddhist Monk with a rhinoceros horn, Samye, 1938 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166404: Tibet: A young ethnic Khampas woman dressed in festive attire in the village of Tsejrong. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166409: Burma / Myanmar: A Shan prince photographed in Kengtung in 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166414: Cambodia: A 1925 photograph of a farmer winnowing rice. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166420: Tibet: A 1910 photograph of two ethnic Khampas men from Yerkalo dressed in goatskins. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166425: Laos: A 1910 photograph of hoop nets, lined across the river Nam Kan in Luang Prabang to catch fish. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166433: Vietnam: Vietnamese junks on the Mekong River near Vinh Long in Cochinchina in 1918. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166439: Vietnam: A 1918 photograph of a Cham woman from Chau Doc in the Mekong Delta, then part of Cochinchina. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166447: Burma/ Myanmar: Rural people from Mong Ma area take a rest on their way to market. Most strap baskets to their foreheads, leaving their hands free. 1910. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166455: Egypt: A sketch by Edward W. Lane depicting the entrance to al-Azhar University in Cairo. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166487: Ukraine: Gold image of a Scythian man, from the Scythian Treasure of Kul-Oba, near Kerch, 4th century BCE. / Bridgeman Images