PFH1170195: China: Mei Lanfang, famous Beijing (Peking) Opera artist (1894-1961). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176664: Iran / Persia: Illustration from Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī, 'Ajā'ib al-makhlo / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176667: Iran / Persia: Illustration from Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī, 'Ajā'ib al-makhlo / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165968: Indonesia; Trance dance in Bali, c. 1930. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166103: China: Deng Xiaoping and his wife Zhuo Lin visit the Johnson Space Center. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166124: Vietnam: US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and General Westmoreland, Vietnam Assistance Command Commander in Danang (1965)., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166162: China: A Tungan or Northwestern Hui Muslim rifleman, c. 1932. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166168: China: Chin Shu-jen, Governor of Sinkiang 1928-33, c.1930 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166185: Vietnam: Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops in a M113 armoured vehicle., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166249: Hispaniola: Nautical chart of Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico by Johannes Vingboons (1639). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166339: Vietnam: Annamese 'tiraillleurs' or Vietnamese colonial soldiers waiting to go into battle at Ypres, Belgium, in 1916. / Bridgeman Images

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

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

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

PFH1167674: Thailand: Kawilorot, Chao (King) of Chiang Mai, 1856-1870. Sixth lord of the Chao Chet Ton Dynasty. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178744: Malaysia / Singapore: A Peranakan bride and groom, Penang, early-mid 20th century, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178781: Korea: Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea, talking with DPRK army general / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171934: Korea: North Korean (DPRK) propaganda poster promoting education and production / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172043: India / Burma: Japanese WWII propaganda leaflet - An Indian National Army soldier shows a subservient Indian cleaning John Bull's boots what the Burmese independence movement has attained / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172113: Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Army T55 tanks during a victory parade in Colombo, 2009. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172116: Sri Lanka: Memorial to an LTTE female soldier and Tamil Tiger 'martyr', born 23 August 1981, died 2 May 2009, during the last phase of the Sri Lanka Civil War. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172171: Thailand: Tin mining operation on Phuket Island at 'Muang Chik', 1957 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172181: Thailand: A rickshaw and two cars on Phang Nga Road, Phuket, c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172281: Thailand: King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam with the Crown Prince, c.1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172325: Japan: Two junks on a quiet waterway, c.1905 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167959: Iran: A quatrain, or poem, from a Persian Muraqqa dating from 1598-99. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167993: Nigeria: Bronze figure of a standing court official, Kingdom of Benin / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168049: Nigeria: Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolopolo Eweka II, Oba of Benin (1914-1933). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168084: Mongolia: Map of the seven hoshuu (banners) of the Altai Urianhai, created in 1928 in Mongolia. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168142: China: Chinese poster girls from a 1930s Shanghai manufacturing company calendar. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168283: Japan: Mongols and Japanese engaged in warfare; scene showing mounted samurai attack from the Moko Shurai Ekotoba (c.1293). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168312: Thailand: A young prince is attended by a servant during the reign of King Mongkut (1851 - 1868). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168406: Engke Khan, ruler of the Northern Yuan Dynasty (r.1389-1392). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179061: Mongolia: The Eighth Jebtsundamba Khutugtu Bogd Khan, last monarchic ruler of Mongolia. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179174: China: 'The City of Nanking', by Thomas Allom, c. 1845 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179211: China: A view of Chin-keang-foo and Golden Island, Yangzi River, First Opium War (1839-1942) / Bridgeman Images