PFH1172676: China: Propaganda poster from the Cultural Revolution (c.1966-73) eulogising the Chinese navy and Mao Zedong thought / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172697: China: Two bird fanciers with caged songbirds, 1882 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172702: China: Paintings on silk representing three lokapalas, Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gandu, c. 9th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172735: China: Qiongzhu Si (Bamboo Temple), northwest of Kunming / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172775: Iran: Page from an illuminated 1604 copy of Tuhfat al-Iraqayn by Afzal al-Din Shirvani Khaqani (1126-1198) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172806: Burma / Myanmar: Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer, politician and nationalist (1876-1964) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172815: China: Ming Dynasty Great Hall of the Buddha, Yuantong Si (Yuantong Temple), Kunming, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172820: China: A man plays a banhu, the Naxi (Nakhi) Folk Orchestra, Naxi Orchestra Hall, Lijiang Old Town, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172849: Indonesia: Javanese classical dancer (c.1925) by Tyra Kleen (1874-1951) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172869: China: The red mountains of the Ghez River (Ghez Darya) canyon, Karakoram Highway / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172920: China: Kirghiz horsemen at Lake Karakul on the Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172939: China: Kangxiwa River, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172969: India: Shah Jahan (r.1627-1658) and his court, showing the emperor on a balcony, fanned by attendants standing on gilded elephants. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173006: Thailand: Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964 - ), Prime Minister of Thailand 2008-2011 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173029: China: The Pamir Mountains, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173049: China: The Art of Making Silk (2), Feeding and caring for silk worms while doing other chores such as sewing and playing with a baby / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173077: Sudan: A Meroitic perfume container from al-Kadada, near Shendi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173100: Sudan / South Sudan: 'Native types in Southern Sudan', line drawing, c.1875 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172919: China: Muztagh Ata (Ice Mountain Father) next to Lake Karakul on the Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172925: China: Muztagh Ata (Ice Mountain Father) next to Lake Karakul on the Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172998: Thailand: General Prem Tinsulanonda (1920 - ), Prime Minister of Thailand 1980-1988 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173022: China: 'A Rest-Stop for the Khitan Khan' (left panel), Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period painting (907-960 CE) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173026: China: Kangxiwa River, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173038: China: Watercolour from a gouache album of paintings of various Chinese birds, 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173060: Maldives: Maradhoo Island, Addu Atoll (Seenu Atoll) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173078: Sudan: Female figurine, Nubia, c.3500 BCE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173106: Sudan / South Sudan: Emin Pasha greets Henry Morton Stanley, Equatoria, April 1888 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173111: Central Africa: : Sir Samuel White Baker (1821 – 1893), British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172830: China: A man plays a sanxian, the Naxi (Nakhi) Folk Orchestra, Naxi Orchestra Hall, Lijiang Old Town, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172847: Indonesia: Javanese classical dancer (c.1925) by Tyra Kleen (1874-1951) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172860: Indonesia: Balinese court dancer wearing a golden crown and elaborate jewellery (1928), English Photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172896: Vietnam: Communist party propaganda poster (2011) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172914: Vietnam: Coffee bushes at Khe Sanh, central Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172935: China: Tourists and a Kirghiz man near the Kangxiwa River high up in the Pamir Mountains, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172936: China: Kangxiwa River, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172952: China: Karakoram Highway in the Pamir Mountains, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images