PFH1187838: Syria: Musicians and an archer on horseback. Fresco from Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbî, Syria, Ummayad caliph's Palace, built in the early 7th century CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187883: China: 'Musicians, Hong Kong', John Thomson, c.1870 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187901: Indonesia / Bali: A portrait of Ratu Buleleng, wife of the Raja of Buleleng, c. 1875 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187970: Germany: Areca catechu - areca palm or areca nut betel palm - from Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188147: Korea: Portrait of Hwang Hyeon (1855-1910), scholar and patriot who committed suicide to protest Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910. Chae Yong-sin, 1911 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178122: Burma / Myanmar: A well-to-do mother and daughter attended by three maids, late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178161: China: Japanese militarism in the Shanghai suburbs of Woosung and Chapei. A cartoon by 'Sapajou' (Georgii Sapojnikoff), White Russian exile and cartoonist at the North China Daily News, Shanghai, 1925-c. 1940, Sapajou (Georgii Sapojnikoff) (fl.1950s) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178170: Japan: Oda Nagamasu, Late Sengoku-Early Edo Period daimyo (1548-1622) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178695: Burma / Myanmar: A sea of pagodas at Sagaing, the Ava Bridge across the river Irrawaddy / Ayeyarwady in the distance / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178749: Malaysia / Singapore: A Peranakan-sponsored Guanyin / Guan Im bodhisattva float, Penang Chingay procession, 1928 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178794: Korea: Kim Jong Il, the future supreme leader of North Korea (the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, DPRK) in 1946, probably in the Russian Far East, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178926: Netherlands / Holland: 'The Seated Zouave' by Vincent Willem Van Gogh (1853-1890) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179235: China: Anti-western cartoon, Boxer Rebellion, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179901: China: Vajrapani, Cave 3, Yulin Caves, Western Xia Dunasty (1038-1227) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179922: China: A tomb guard (wushi yong), terracotta sculpture, Tang Dynasty, early 8th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179931: Iran / Persia: Suhrab, son of Rustam, discovers he has been fighting with Gurdafarid when he rips her helmet off and discovers she is a woman. Illustration from an early 14th century Shahnameh, Isfahan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180009: India: The early 17th century Mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. William Hodges, c. 1780 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180042: Turkey: A portrait of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II (r. 1703-1730). Anonymous, c. 1725 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180162: Yemen: Statuette of a bull. Bronze, 1st century BCE-2nd century CE, Southern Arabia / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170231: China: Shanghai races, SRC spring meeting 1881. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170618: Portrait of Oda Nobunaga, by Jesuit painter Giovanni Niccolo, 1583-1590. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170669: Japan: The siege of Osaka Castle (1615). A commercial newssheet of the Edo period sold to report the fall of Osaka Castle. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170735: Japan: Smoke rising from silk factories in Shizuka City, Mie Prefecture, 1934. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170747: Japan: The Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, 1896. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170948: Japan: Kintai Bashi or Soroban Bashi, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171074: China: Sealed document from Khotan c.3rd-4th century CE. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171080: China: The bodhisattva Samantabhadra riding on a white elephant. Dunhuang, 8th-9th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171083: China: Detail of a painting from the Mogao Caves showing a man in stocks and another being attacked by a camel. Dunhuang, 8th-10th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171221: Japan: Image from the Kyoto Ghosts Scroll which describes the realm of the hungry ghosts and how to placate them. Late 12th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171224: Japan: Image from the Kyoto Ghosts Scroll which describes the realm of the hungry ghosts and how to placate them. Late 12th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171323: Vietnam: Decorative screen at the Palace of Co-Mat, Forbidden City, Hue, c.1930. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171329: Vietnam: Lion used in ornamentation, Forbidden City, Hue, c.1930. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171386: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: Outer section wall, Arhat. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171446: Korea: Two women ironing using a long-handled iron filled with hot coals. Watercolour painting, late Joseon period, 1886. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171587: Japan: Poster for the National Defense and Resources Exposition, Himeji, 1936 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171593: Japan: The island of Dejima in 1729, from a Dutch engraving. / Bridgeman Images