PFH1176111: Thailand: Wat Ton Pho, Wiang Thakan, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179446: Iran / Persia: A hunting scene. Miniature from a Divan of Hafez Shirazi, Safavid, 16th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179462: Mali: A 'young Sudanese warrior' (from the former French Soudan), early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179473: Malaysia / Singapore: A Peranakan bride and groom pose for their wedding photograph, Singapore, c. 1930, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179488: India / Bhutan: Jawaharlal Nehru riding a yak in Bhutan, 1956, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179523: China: Western sailors in a bar on 'Blood Alley', Shanghai, c. 1935, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179556: China: Goat on a mountain track in the high Kunlun Shan. Robert Shaw, 1871 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179571: Japan: Detail of a byobu screen painting of namban (or nanban) 'Southern Barbarians' by Kano Naizen (1570-1616) / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1179624: Cuba: Rastaman with cigar in the Plaza de la Catedral, Old Havana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179690: Cuba: Cuban revolutionary and guerrilla leader Camilo Cienfuegos, c.1959 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179701: China: Restaurant at the Fuyu Lou Hakka Tower near Hukeng (now the Fuyulou Changdi Earth Building Hostel), Yongding County, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179708: China: Waterwheels serving the Hakka earth houses near Hukeng, Yongding County, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179449: Uzbekistan: The sun sets on the domes of the Amir Alim Khan Madrassa, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179458: Iran / Persia: A hunting scene. Miniature from a Divan of Hafez Shirazi, Safavid, 16th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179516: Campaign poster for Aung San Suu Kyi from the 1 April, 2012 election (colour litho) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179537: Japan: A scene from the 'Tale of Genji' attributed to Tosa Mitsuoki (1617-1691), Mitsuoki, Tosa (1617-91) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179658: USA: Man smoking in an opium den. San Francisco Chinatown, c. 1895 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179688: China: The inner courtyard at Zhenchang Lou Hakka Tower near Hukeng, Yongding County, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179698: China: Restaurant at the Fuyu Lou Hakka Tower near Hukeng (now the Fuyulou Changdi Earth Building Hostel), Yongding County, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179702: China: Fuyu Lou Hakka Tower near Hukeng (now the Fuyulou Changdi Earth Building Hostel), Yongding County, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179717: Thailand: Detail over the front door of the ubosot (ordination hall) at Wat Mahawan, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179725: Thailand: Interior ceiling design, Kreu Se Mosque, Pattani, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179154: Uzbekistan: Entrance to the Gur-e Amir Mausoleum with the mausoleum in the background, Samarkand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179188: Uzbekistan: Interior dome detail in the Kussam ibn Abbas mosque, Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179195: Uzbekistan: The Kalyan or Kalon Minaret also known as the 'Minaret of Death' at sunset, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179215: China: A Chinese spearman, First Opium War, 1839-1842 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179222: China: French troops attack the Chinese at Pa Li Chian Bridge, 1860, Second Opium War (1856-1860) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179239: India: Maharaja Gulab Singh Dogra of Jammu and Kashmir, c. 1846 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179264: Thailand: The Old Town's busy moats at the Thai New Year Songkran (Water) Festival, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179274: Iraq: A Miniature by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179301: Iraq: Two men in conversation. A miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179368: The physician Andromakhos observes various agricultural activities, illuminated folio from the 'Kitab al-Diriyak' by Pseudo-Gallen (vellum), Iraqi School / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179374: Uzbekistan: The Kalyan or Kalon minaret with the dome of the Mir-i-Arab Madrasah in the background, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179407: Japan: Bijin (beautiful woman) ukiyo-e painting by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), c. 1844, Kunisada, Utagawa (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179427: Burma / Myanmar: 'Shoepaundogee, or Royal Golden Barge', Konbaung era. Engraving from Michael Symes, Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, 1795 / Bridgeman Images