PFH1167949: Thailand: The brick prangs of Prasat Sikhoraphum, Surin Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167953: Cambodia: Vishnu, Kbal Spean or Valley of 1,000 Lingas, Kulen Hills / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167962: Arabia: A page from a 17th-century edition of Luqman's Fables, also known as 'Tales Told by The Learned'. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167965: Iran: A painting by Ali-Quli Jabbadar depicting a 17th-century royal garden pavilion scene from the court of the Safavid Shah Sulaiman. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167966: Cambodia: Seated Buddha in Gopura III at Banteay Kdei, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167967: Cambodia: Banteay Kdei, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167978: Cambodia: Main sanctuary tower, Lolei temple, Roluos Complex, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167979: Cambodia: Devata, Lolei temple, Roluos Complex, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167991: Nigeria: Flag of the Kingdom of Benin (1440-1897) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167999: Cambodia: Unrestored chedi atop Phnom Udong, Udong / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168000: Cambodia: Unrestored chedis atop Phnom Udong, Udong / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168003: Cambodia: Buddha statues in a shrine at Udong / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168032: Africa: The Coast of West Africa according to Jacques Bellin (1738). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168036: Africa: Map of Guinea and surrounding regions. The Benin Kingdom is indicated in the east. Amsterdam, Blaeu, J. & G. 1640-50. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168037: Africa: Map of Guinea and the Kingdom of Benin, Allain Manesson (Frankfurt, 1719). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168072: Mongolia: Damdin Sukhbaatar (1893-1923) Military leader, nationalist and revolutionary, on a Mongolian postage stamp / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168074: Mongolia: Damdin Sukhbaatar (left, 1893-1923) while serving in the army of the Mongolian Bogd Khan. Urga (Ulan Batyaar) 1916. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168075: Mongolia: Damdin Sukhbaatar (1893-1923) Military leader, nationalist and revolutionary. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168078: Mongolia: Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952) Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic c.1929-1952. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168082: Mongolia: Damdin Sukhbaatar (1893-1923) military leader, nationalist and revolutionary, with his wife, Sukhbaataryn Yanjmaa, at Urga (Ulan Bataar), 1919. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168083: Mongolia: Peljidiin Genden (1892 or 1895 - November 26, 1937) was the second President (1924 to 1927) and the ninth Prime Minister (1932–1936) of the Mongolian People's Republic / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168103: Mongolia / China: Khutughtu Khan (r. February 27, 1329 - August 30, 1329);13th Khagan of the Mongol Empire; 8th Yuan Emperor Mingzong. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168108: Mongolia / China: An unnamed Yuan imperial consort. Paint and ink on silk, 14th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168114: Mongolia / China: An unnamed wife of Rinchinbal Khan (r. October 23, 1329 - December 14, 1329); 9th Yuan Emperor Ningzong. Paint and ink on silk. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168115: Mongolia / China: An unnamed wife of Khutughtu Khan (r.1329); 8th Yuan Emperor Mingzong. Paint and ink on silk. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168118: Mongolia / China: An unnamed wife of Kulug Khan (r.1307-1311), 7th Khagan of the Mongol Empire; 3rd Yuan Emperor Wuzong. Paint and ink on silk. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168121: Mongolia / China: Jiyatu, wife of Kulug Khan (r.1307-1311), 7th Khagan of the Mongol Empire; 3rd Yuan Emperor Wuzong. Paint and ink on silk. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168128: Mongolia / China: Chabi, wife of Khubilai (a.k.a. Shizu) (right) and Taji, wife of Darmabala (a.k.a. Shunzong, the father of Qaishan and Ayurbarvada) (left). Paint and ink on silk. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168134: Mongolia: Enthronement of a Mongol Khagan. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168136: China: Chinese calendar girl of the 1930s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168148: China: Chinese commercial calendar poster from the 1930s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168155: China: Chinese commercial calendar poster from 1914 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168166: Thailand: Interior of drawing room, Jim Thompson House, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168170: Thailand: Seated Buddha, Lopburi-Khmer style, off the dining room, Jim Thompson House, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168174: Thailand: Blue and white chamber pot in the guise of a cat, Jim Thompson House, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168186: Thailand: A leading actor in a Siamese play poses in his theatre dress, c. 1900. / Bridgeman Images