PFH1190418: Thailand: Phra Mondop (Scripture Hall), Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190466: Japan: Emperor Antoku, 81st emperor of Japan (r. 1180-1185) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190485: China: The main temple building at the Puning Temple (P?níng Sì) or Temple of Universal Peace, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189625: Russia: The Russian Empire had no tanks of its own during World War I, but in 1918 the Red Army established the Soviet of Armoured Units. By 1920 fourteen captured French Renault FT tanks were remanufactured as 'Russkiy Renos', the first Russian tanks / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189668: Russia: 'Donate to the Nursing Home'. Russian World War I propaganda poster, c. 1914 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189903: Vietnam: White Tai woman near Thuan Chau waiting for local transport, Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189659: Russia: White Russian commander Admiral Kolchak inspecting White (counter-revolutionary) troops at Omsk in Siberia, 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189683: Japan / Russia: Close combat at sea in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Hirose Biho, 1904 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190214: Thailand: The back of the head of an 8th century sandstone reclining Buddha (Phra Non), Thailand's oldest reclining Buddha, Wat Dharmacakra Semaram, Ban Klong Khwang, Nakhon Ratchasima Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173968: China: Elaborate gateway, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173982: China: Wanfaguiyi Hall, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174017: Vietnam: Blue and White Fish Plate with single fish swimming among water plants, set within a band of scrolling lotus. Later Lê Dynasty (1533-1788) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174042: Cambodia: Ta Prohm temple near Tonle Bati, south of Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174060: China: Ruins at Yarkhoto or Jiaohe Gucheng (Jiaohe Ancient City), near Turpan, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174076: India: Miniature painting of a swami in conversation with a sadhu, c. early19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174103: China: A tomb in the cemetery next to the village of Tuyoq near Turpan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174108: China: The ruins at Karakhoja or Gaochang Gucheng (Gaochang Ancient City), near Turpan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174126: China: Subashi Ancient City (Subashi Gucheng), Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174129: China: Zhaoguli Buddhist Temple, Subashi Ancient City (Subashi Gucheng), Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174160: China / Vietnam: A battle between Chinese and Vietnamese forces during the Qing invasion of Vietnam, 1788-1789 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174166: Thailand / France: French missionary Monseigneur Francois Pallu (1660) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174182: Vietnam: Two men smoking opium, Annam, 18th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174205: Vietnam: British troops in Saigon, c1945-46 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174256: China: Devotees listening to a sermon of the Buddha, mural from Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, Kuqa, Xinjiang, 6th-7th century CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174278: Indonesia: Two Legong dancers at a temple on the island of Bali, c. 1930 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174288: Iran / Persia: Relief of a lion from a wall in the palace of Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174291: Greece / Turkey: Herodotus, the 'Father of History', c. 484 - c. 425 BCE, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174111: China: The ruins at Karakhoja or Gaochang Gucheng (Gaochang Ancient City), near Turpan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174124: Japan: A Japanese soldier, 1844 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174127: China: Subashi Ancient City (Subashi Gucheng), Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174141: China: Subashi Ancient City (Subashi Gucheng), Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174155: Vietnam / USSR: Two SA-2 Guideline (S-75 Dvina) missiles in the National Museum of Military History in Sofia, Bulgaria, 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174162: India: The commander of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar's palace guard, 1844 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174169: Vietnam / France: Pierre Poivre (1719-1786) at Tourane (Da Nang) in 1749, painting by Charles Fouqeray / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174213: Vietnam: An elephant with howdah at the Nguyen royal court, Hue, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174215: China: Poster supporting the East Turkistan Independence Movement in Xinjiang, condemned by the Chinese authorities as a separatist and sometimes terrorist organisation / Bridgeman Images