PFH1179753: Thailand: Roof detail, San Jao Lim Ko Niaw also known as Leng Chu Kiang shrine, Pattani, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179810: Uzbekistan: Domes in the Taqi Zargaron (Jewellers Market), Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179822: USA: Chinese man standing outside 36 Pell Street, New York Chinatown, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179836: Iran / Persia: A group of men washing Persian rugs in a river, northern Iran, c. 1930 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179737: Thailand: Korlae fishing boats, Saiburi, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179818: China: Uighur carpet weavers, carpet factory, Khotan, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179909: China: A celestial musician, Cave 15, Yulin Caves, Tang Dynasty (618-907) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179847: Bosnia / Turkey: Women carpet weavers, Sarajevo, Ottoman Bosnia c. 1905 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179934: Iran / Persia: Siwayu proves his innocence by riding through fire. Illustration from an early 14th century Shahnameh, Isfahan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179954: China: Stone Forest (Shilin), Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179979: China: Jin River at the entrance to Danxiashan (Mount Danxia), north of Shaoguan, Guangdong Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179960: China: Stone Forest (Shilin), Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179998: Burma / Myanmar: The Mahabodhi Paya within the Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon (Rangoon) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179739: Thailand: Muslim fishing village, Saiburi, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179769: China: The entrance to the Qingjing Mosque, Quanzhou, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179802: China / Vietnam: Fisherman above the Ban Gioc or Detian Falls, on the Vietnamese - Chinese border, Guangxi Province (China) and Cao Bang Province (Vietnam) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179821: USA: Itinerant toy seller, San Francisco Chinatown, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179835: Middle East / Italy: 'The rug merchant', Amedeo Simonetti (1874-1922), c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179851: China: Uighur carpet weavers, carpet factory, Khotan, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179902: China: Manjusri, Cave 3, Yulin Caves, Western Xia Dunasty (1038-1227) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179916: China: Manjusri, Cave 25, Yulin Caves, Tang Dynasty (618-907) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179932: Iran / Persia: Rustam tears a Turkish rider - probably Kamus, a vassal of Afrasiab - off his horse. Illustration from an early 14th century Shahnameh, Isfahan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179948: China: Lake at the entrance to the Stone Forest (Shilin), Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179964: China: Stone Forest (Shilin), Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179978: China: Blocks of tea for sale in a market in Foshan, Guangdong Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179983: China: Visitors climbing in Danxiashan (Mount Danxia), north of Shaoguan, Guangdong Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180003: India: The early 17th century Mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Thomas Daniell, 1795 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180025: UK / Germany: Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804 - 1865). Visited Chiang Mai 1859-60. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180033: Burma / Myanmar: An old cannon in King Mindon's Palace complex, Mandalay (reconstructed) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180036: Burma / Myanmar: The sun sets on the Setkyathiha Paya, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180052: Sri Lanka: Drift net fishermen, Wadduwa, Western Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180061: Sri Lanka: Kachchimalai Mosque, Beruwala, Western Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180066: Iraq: A Prince on a throne. Miniature from the 'Maqam' or 'Assembly' of Al-Hariri of Basra, 1335 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180084: China: Corridor ceiling decoration in the Hui Wang Fen (Tombs of the Hami Kings) complex, Hami (Kumul), Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180110: Syria: Entrance to the Great Colonnade, Palmyra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180129: Syria: Wall detail at the Temple of Bel, Palmyra / Bridgeman Images