PFH1180163: Yemen: An early South Arabian petroglyph, c. 200 BCE - 50 BCE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180186: Jordan: The Palace Tomb (left), the Corinthian Tomb (centre left), The Silk Tomb (centre right) and The Urn Tomb (right), Petra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180189: Jordan: The Urn Tomb, Petra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180206: Jordan: The passage leading between Al Khazneh (The Treasury) and the Street of Facades, Petra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180215: China / Inner Mongolia: A traditional Mongol archer in the Inner Mongolian grasslands, c. 1940. Front view, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180221: Jordan: A lone horseman in the Siq (shaft) leading to the ancient city of Petra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180233: India: Soniji Ki Nasiyan (Ajmer Jain Temple), Ajmer, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180236: India: The pool area used for wudu (ablutions before prayer) in the Dargah Sharif of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180263: India: Pilgrims in the Dargah Sharif of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180269: Yemen: The castle of the Sultan of Lahaj, southern Yemen. Henry Salt, c. 1805 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180324: Jordan: The Oval Forum in the ancient Greco-Roman city of Jerash / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180346: Syria: A shoe shop in the restored handicraft suq within Aleppo's Great Bazaar / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180348: Sri Lanka: Cinnamomum verum - Cinnamon - from Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179059: Burma / Myanmar: Khin Myo Chit, Burmese writer (1915-1999) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179066: Laos: Revolutionary Socialist realist-style political poster on the streets of Vientiane / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179130: Uzbekistan: Wall detail, Ulug Beg Madrassa, The Registan, Samarkand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179164: China: 'The British Encampment on Irgao Shan'. First Opium War (1839-1842) by Thomas Allom. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179190: Uzbekistan: Calligraphic detail above a doorway in Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179207: Uzbekistan: Entrance to the Ark fortress, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179237: China: German propaganda card from the Boxer Rebellion showing the combined allied fleet crushing imperial China, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179255: Vietnam: Child emperor Duy Tan (reigned 1907-1916) in court dress, 1907 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179269: Uzbekistan: The iwan or covered portico at Bolo Hauz Mosque, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179275: Iraq: Two men in discussion. Miniature by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179289: Iraq: A milling crowd of people. A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179345: Uzbekistan: Kalyan or Kalon mosque and minaret, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179348: Uzbekistan: The inner courtyard of the Kalyan or Kalon mosque and minaret, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179346: Uzbekistan: Kalyan or Kalon mosque and minaret, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179354: Iraq: A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' of Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179370: Uzbekistan: The iwan or portico at Kalyan or Kalon mosque and minaret, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179373: Uzbekistan: The Kalyan or Kalon Minaret also known as the 'Minaret of Death', Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179376: Uzbekistan: The Mir-i-Arab Madrasah, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179396: Turkey: The western hemisphere within a compass windrose. From a 17th century Ottoman Navigation Guide by Piri Reis (c. 1470-1555) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179414: Thailand: Wat Chom Sawan, Phrae, Northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179431: Iran: Miniature of a tavern scene from a divan of Hafez e-Shirazi. Safavid, 16th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179434: Iran / Persia: Opening to an illuminated manuscript of the Divan of Hafez Shirazi, Safavid, 17th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179437: Iran / Persia: 'Rustam Rescuing Bizhan from the Well'. Miniature painting from a divan of Hafez Shirazi, Safavid, 17th century / Bridgeman Images