PFH1175640: Iraq: A pharmacist mixing medicine, from an Arabic manuscript of Disocorides, c. 1225 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168852: China: Emperor Zhengde, 11th ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1505-1521). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168855: China: Ming Empress, possibly consort of the 11th Ming Emperor Zhengde (r. 1505-1521). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168875: China: Emperor Wanli, 14th ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1572-1620). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168901: Thailand/ Laos: An 1867 illustration by French expeditioner Louis Delaporte of the great whirlpool at Keng Kanien on the Mekong River near Khemarat, close to the present-day Thai-Lao border. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168905: Thailand/ Laos: A forest fire on the banks of the Mun River - a tributary of the Mekong - as witnessed by French expeditioner and artist Louis Delaporte in 1867. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168933: Burma/ Myanmar: Ethnic Lahu villagers in Muong Lim, Shan State, encountered by a French expedition in June 1867. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168961: Laos: A small Buddhist pagoda in Pak Lay, illustrated by French expeditioner Louis Delaporte in 1867. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168990: Thailand/ Laos: An 1867 view of a typically northeastern Thai-style chedi, located near Nakhon Phanom in northeast Thailand by the banks of the Mekong River. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169002: Japan: Emperor Go-Saga, 88th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigned 1242-1246. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169067: China: Emperor Ruizong (Tang Lixian, Tang Lizhe), 5th ruler of the Tang Dynasty (r. 684-690); and 9th ruler of the Tang Dynasty (710-712). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169099: China: Lu Dongbin, one of the Daoist 'Eight Immortals'. A historical figure who is mentioned in the official 'History of Song', He is depicted as being dressed as a scholar and he often bears a sword on his back that dispels evil spirits. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169540: China: Empress Qinsheng (1047-1102), consort of Emperor Shenzong, 6th ruler of the Song Dynasty (r.1067-1085). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170296: Burma/ Myanmar: Bobogi Pagoda, near Prome, lower Burma, c.1920s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170307: Burma/ Myanmar: A Buddha statue in Prome, lower Burma, c.1920s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166732: USA: 'An Opium Den in San Francisco' (c. 1890). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170417: China: Seal of Empress Xiao Hui Zhang (1641 - 1717), second consort of the Qing Dynasty Shunzhi Emperor. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167281: Mongolia: Traditional Buddhist religious painting illustrating bodhisattvas and the heavenly spheres. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171362: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: No.5 wall, Bodhisattva. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171374: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: No. 8 wall, Manjyushuli, detail / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171384: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: No.11 wall, Samantabhadra, detail. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171489: Netherlands / Japan: The Indonesian houseboy of Jan Cock Blomhoff, Director of Dejima Trading Colony, Nagasaki, Japan, c. 1817. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171580: Japan: Poster for the International Hot Spring Tourism Exposition, Beppu, 1937 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171625: China: A man preparing tea. Detail of a mural in the tomb of Zhang Kuangzheng, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171631: China: A door guardian. Mural in the tomb of Zhang Kuangzheng, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171662: China: Man in a procession (detail) in a mural in the tomb of Han Shixun, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171782: Japan: Advertising poster for Zuigan Sake, c. 1935 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171796: Japan: Advertising poster for the Japan Mail Steamship Company (1914) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172660: Vietnam: Sovereignty Monument at Đá Len Đao or Pearson Reef in the Spratly Islands, called Qiong Jiao Dao by China / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168595: China: Zhu De (1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) at Yan'an, c. 1937. To the right is a young Deng Xiaoping / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168625: China: A young Wang Guangmei (1921-2006), First Lady of the People's Republic of China (1959-1968) / Bridgeman Images

XRH1715755: The “Heros” has the honor or wounded soldiers during the Kreistag on October 11, 1942, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

XRH1741320: The Cinema Orano 43 in Paris in 1933, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

XRH1716536: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1533) hindu philosopher and reformer, Indian imagery, Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1743889: Scene of market on the typical and shopping area of Barcelona, Ramblas, c. 1954, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1743938: Street scene in Hong Kong in the 60's, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images