PFH1175685: Vietnam: Chinese PLA gunner in tank, occupied Cao Bang, Third Indochina War, 1979 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175698: Vietnam: NLF (Viet Cong) porters taking supplies to the front near Saigon by bicycle, 1972 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175825: Niger: Tuaregs of Ghraat, George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169336: China: Emperor Zhezong (Zhao Xu), 7th ruler of the (Northern) Song Dynasty (r. 1085-1100). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169493: China: 'Hell Currency' - a Hell bank note - bearing an image of the Jade Emperor used in ancestor worship in traditional Chinese society. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169497: China: 'Hell Currency' - a Hell bank note - bearing an image of Queen Elizabeth II and issued by the 'Mingying Yinhang' or 'English Underworld Bank'. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169513: China: Fuxingxi, Daoist God of Good Fortune. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165146: Cambodia: Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, in this picture c. 1965.. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165162: Cambodia: Norodom Sihanouk, ruler of Cambodia and sometime king, in Beijing c.1970. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165251: Indonesia: A waterfall on a volcano side in Java. Watercolour by the German scientist and traveller Ernst Haeckel, c. 1882. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165275: Sri Lanka: The rest house at Welligama on the south coast of Sri Lanka. Watercolour by the German scientist and traveller Ernst Haeckel, c.1882. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165483: Morocco: Portrait of an Arab man c.1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165488: Sri Lanka: On the steps of a Buddhist temple, c.1928 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165505: India: Metal forgers (Pierre Sonnerat, 1782). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176190: Germany: Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398 - February 3, 1468) the printer and publisher who introduced the first European printing press / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169528: China: The Kitchen God Zao Jun ('stove master'), also called Zao Shen ('stove god' or 'stove spirit'). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169545: China: Empress Wu (1115-1197), consort of Emperor Gaozong, 10th ruler of the Song Dynasty and 1st ruler of the Southern Song Dynasty (r.1127-1162). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169587: China: An image from 'Shanghai Manhua' (Shanghai Sketch) borrowing from the art of ancient Egypt. A young man offers a tray of grapes to a stylised queen. The caption translates; 'Offer temptation, Get infatuation'. By Huan Wennong, April 1928. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169676: USA: Anna May Wong, Chinese-American movie star (1905-1961). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169720: China: Emperor Ku (Diku), third of the legendary 'Five Emperors' (c.2436-2366 BCE). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169730: China: King Jie, 17th and last ruler of the Xia dynasty of China. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169849: Portugal/ India: The ruler of Cochin, depicted at the time of his meeting with Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500 CE. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169902: Spain/ Americas: Italian Amerigo Vespucci (1454 - 1512), explorer, navigator and cartographer. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165534: Japan: Post World War II, young boys looking at manga comics in a bookshop. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165540: Indonesia: Two Opium Smokers on Java / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165551: Sri Lanka: Sunset by the south coast, c.1928 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165578: Morocco: Tangiers by Night c.1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165582: Sri Lanka: Two young Sinhalese women, c.1928 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165711: Sri Lanka:' A noble man' (Knox, 1681). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165724: Sri Lanka: Raja Singha II, King of Kandy (1629-1687) as portrayed in a Dutch engraving. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165743: Sri Lanka: Galle Fort and peninsula from the air. This image has been released into the public domain. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165758: Indonesia: Sketched by Dutch commander Hubert Joseph Jean Lambert de Stuers c. 1825, this drawing depicts a tiger fight in an arena in central Java. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165768: Indonesia: A 1940s painting of a cotton harvest scene in Bali. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170001: China: Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Japanese troops waiting for a troop train to depart / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170016: China: Cover of 'The Young Companion - the Most Attractive and Popular Magazine in China (1930s). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170086: India: The 'cotton plant' as imagined by John Mandeville (c.1371) / Bridgeman Images