PFH1173398: Burma / Myanmar / China: A convoy of military trucks on a section of the Burma Road, c.1945, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179604: Iran / Persia: Preparations for a festival. Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawarikh, c. 1305 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169328: China: Emperor Renzong (Zhao Zhen), 4th ruler of the (Northern) Song Dynasty (r. 1022-1063). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180027: Burma / Myanmar / India: Shan and Karen chiefs dressed in their finery at the Delhi Durbar, 1902 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180094: England: 'The Adoration of the Magi', Ranworth Antiphonal, Norwich, c. 1460-1480 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173594: Vietnam: A traditional woodblock painting of wrestlers from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173616: Vietnam: Tonkinese tirailleurs or riflemen in French service, c. 1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173664: Vietnam: Bronze dagger, Sa Huynh Culture, circa 2,500-2,000 years BCE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173681: Vietnam / Cambodia: Coin from the Kingdom of Funan / Phu Nam, c. 100-550 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173753: Vietnam: Hang Trong painting of the Jade Emperor Ngoc Hoang Thuong De / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173784: Vietnam: 2nd Lieutenant Emile Portier, 111th Line Battalion, killed in action at Dong Dang, 23 February 1885 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173790: Vietnam: Captain Gravereau, 2nd Foreign Legion Battalion, killed in action at Tay Hoa, 4 February 1885 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173795: Vietnam: Doctor Raynaud, 111th Line Battalion, killed in action at Bang Bo, 24 March 1885 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173820: Vietnam: US Army Military Police take cover outside the US Embassy, Saigon, on Thong Nhut Boulevard - Tet Offensive, 31 January 1968 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173826: Vietnam: Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) General Pham Van Dong, Military Governor of Saigon, 1965 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173887: Vietnam: AH-1G Cobra helicopters over southern Vietnam, 1968 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169544: China: Empress Renhuai (died 1127), consort of Emperor Qinzong, 9th ruler of the Song Dynasty (r.1126-1127). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169593: China: This image from 'Shanghai Manhua' (Shanghai Sketch) entitled 'Shanghai Night' exemplifies the shabby elegance and indulgent corruption of contemporaneous Shanghai night life. (July, 1928) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169765: Vietnam: A gold lang coin of Tu Duc, fourth emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty (r.1840-1847). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169858: Portugal/ India: When Viceroy Pedro Mascarenhas' fleet arrived in Goa in 1544, his ship sank in the harbor. In this illustration, his flag can be seen on a submerged mast. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167115: Vietnam: Pham Van Dong (1906-2000) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167131: China: Currency banknote issued by Ma Chung-ying in Gansu and Xinjiang c. 1933. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163956: Vietnam: French soldiers posing off duty somewhere in Vietnam, probably Hanoi or Haiphong, during the First Indochina War (c.1950) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168009: China: Chinese calendar girl of the 1930s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168040: Africa: Map of the Guinea Coast (J.B. Homann, Nurenberg, 1743). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163989: Japan: Traditional Festivals at Kyoto, Year-End Chestnut Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168056: China: Shanghai actress Hu Die, also known as 'Butterfly Hu' (1907-1989). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168153: China: Chinese commercial calendar poster for a Hong Kong wines, spirits and cigars importer from the 1930s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168235: China: A diagram showing details of equestrian anatomy, c.600 BCE. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168323: Thailand: Dressed in a gold embroidered robe, a prince is attended by a servant during the reign of King Mongkut (1851 - 68). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168335: Thailand: A Yao Mien woman in northern Thailand, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168351: Thailand: A rice barge sails past a village on the Rangsit Canal, c. 1900. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168358: Thailand: An honorary arch in Bangkok erected to welcome King Chulalongkorn on his return from Europe in 1907. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168376: Thailand: A funeral possession accompanies the carriage carrying the remains of King Chulalongkorn, 1911. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168404: Mongolia: Biligtu Khan, born Ayushiridara, Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty (r.1370-1378). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168411: Mongolia: Delbeg Khan, Mongol Khagan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty (r.1411-1415). / Bridgeman Images