PFH1184505: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Kibweni Palace, built in 1915 during the reign of Sultan Khalifa bin Harub (1911-1960) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184531: Tanzania / Zanzibar: A Zanzibar Parsee (Parsi, Zoroastrian). W.A Churchill, 1889 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184575: China: Hua Guofeng (1921 - 2008), Premier of the People's Republic of China (1976 - 1980) portrayed as an ordinary worker. Propaganda poster (1977) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184635: Japan: An archer with bow at full stretch, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184669: Iran / Persia: Mohammad Mosaddegh or Mosaddeq (Persian: محمد مصدق), also spelled Mosadeck, or Musaddiq (16 June 1882 - 5 March 1967), Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until being overthrown in a coup d'état in 1953 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184680: Iran / Persia: A map of 'Ormus' Hormuz Island in the Straits of Hormuz. Jacob Van der Schley (1715 - 1779), 1750 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184681: Middle East: Map of Persia, Arabia and Turkey. Robert de Vaugondy, 1753 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184694: Oman: A British propaganda leaflet from the time of the Dhofar Rebellion or Dhofar War (1962-1976). The Arabic translates: 'The Hand of God Destroys Communism' / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184695: Oman: Sayyid Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (centre, r. 1913-1932) with British officials Michael Heath-Caldwell and Mr Webber, 1914 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184745: India: Maharao Raja Shri Sir Raghubir Singh Sahib Bahadur of Bundi, Rajasthan (r. 1889-1927), based on a 1903 carbon print photograph / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184746: India: Maharao Raja Shri Sir Raghubir Singh Sahib Bahadur of Bundi, Rajasthan (r. 1889-1927), in a 1903 carbon print photograph / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184804: India: Raja Abhiraj Singh of Jaswan (Rajpura, Himachal Pradesh). Kangra, circa 1770 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184847: Japan: A scholar official (Pechin) of the Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawa, Nansei Shoto) at a wedding. Higa Kazan (1868-1939) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184850: Japan: Portrait of a samurai by Japanese photographer Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904) c. 1860s-1870s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184858: Japan: 'The Antique Shop' by Japanese photographer Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904) c. 1880s-1890s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185103: Uzbekistan: Detail from the mural called 'The Chinese Boat', from the hall of the ruin of an aristocratic house in Afrasiab near Samarkand, c. 650 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185181: China: A Purim greetings card from Shanghai, c. 1940s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185237: China: 'Close of the Engagement at Chin-Hae'. First Opium War (1839-1842), John Ouchterlony, 1844 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185325: China: 'Moving' advertisement for 'Old Bond Street' fashion store, Shanghai, 1930s. Artwork by Friedrich Schiff, Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185337: USA / China: Russell Sturgis (1750 - 1826) was a noted Boston merchant and opium shipper in the China trade / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185347: China: A street scene in Canton (Guangzhou), c. 1850. William (Wilhelm) Heine, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185360: China / Vietnam: 'Une fumerie d'opium' (an opium den). Élisée Reclus (1830-1905), c. 1876 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185365: USA / China: Augustine Heard (1785 - 1868) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and opium trader, the founder of the Augustine Heard & Co. firm in China. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185377: Thailand: The main great chedi at Wat Chedi Luang lit up at night for a religious ceremony, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185378: Thailand: The main great chedi at Wat Chedi Luang lit up at night for a religious ceremony, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185386: China: Map of China, Korea, Formosa (Taiwan) and part of Japan published by Anthony Finley, Philadelphia, 1831 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185388: China: British Admiralty map of The Canton River 'From the City of Canton to the Boca Tigris', 1906 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185403: Burma / Myanmar: An opium weight in the shape of a duck, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185428: China: An opium seller, Canton (Guangzhou), c. 1880 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185429: India / China: The 'Balling Room' in a Patna opium factory with hundreds of opium balls prepared for use in the China trade. Lithograph, W. S. Sherwell, c. 1850 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185469: UK / England: Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785 – 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (1821) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185470: UK / England: Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785 - 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (1821) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185478: China: Canton (Guangzhou) looking south towards Honam Island across the rooftops of some of the Thirteen Factories (Saap Sam Hong), c. 1840 at the time of the First Opium War / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185565: USA: Special Tax Stamp issued by the United States Internal Revenue for physicians licensed to dispense opium, New York, 1930 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185576: China: 'Preparing the Curse of the East'. Opium-distilling on a commercial scale at a factory in China, 1913 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185591: England / UK: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861) was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. She was also addicted to laudanum or tincture of opium / Bridgeman Images