PFH1171638: China: Door Guardian of Khitan nationality. Mural in the tomb of Zhang Wenzao, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171659: China: Preparing for a religious ceremony in a mural in the tomb of Zhang Gongyou, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171740: Japan: Sarugaku (left) and Dengaku (right) performers. Watercolour, c.18th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171743: Iraq: The Malwiya, minaret of the Great Mosque at Samarra (completed 852 CE), in the late 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171785: Japan: Advertising poster for the South Kyoto Tobacco Sellers' Union, 1937 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180543: Palestine: A young Palestinian woman of Bethlehem, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180678: Palestine: Palestinian men relaxing at a Jerusalem coffee house while smoking water pipes, c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180744: Palestine: An archway on the Via Dolorosa after heavy snowfall, Jerusalem, 1921 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180804: Palestine: A young Palestinian woman posing with a water bottle on her head, Nazareth, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180810: Palestine: Virgin's Fountain, Nazareth, c. 1935 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180813: Palestine: The vicinity of Damascus Gate, c. 1905 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181038: Palestine: A Palestinian man and two boys harvesting oranges, c. 1930 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181083: Japan: Man lighting a charcoal brazier in preparation for making tea. Signed Ike No Taiga (1723-1776) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181149: Palestine: The Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181152: Palestine: An old Mizrahi Jew of Yemeni origin, Jerusalem, 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181155: Palestine: A Palestinian shepherd with a rifle and his sheep, 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181206: China: Line drawing of Laozi riding his ox, artist and date unknown / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181257: Arabia: Bedouin musicians, late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181263: Arabia: 'The Harem of a Bedouin wandering in the desert', Wilhelm Gentz, 1878 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181326: Germany: The Giving of the Seven Bowls of Wrath / The First Six Plagues, Revelation 16:1-16. Illuminated miniature from the Ottheinrich Bible / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181362: Germany: Paying Homage to the Lamb. From the Bamberg Apocalypse, 1000-1200 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181377: Spain: The Lord in the Clouds. From the Beatus of Rioja or Urgell Beatus, c. 975 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181800: Japan: Kakegawa. Station 26 from "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido", 19th century (print), Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181803: Japan: Hamamatsu. Station 29 from "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido", 19th century (print), Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181806: Japan: Shirasuka. Station 32 from "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido", 19th century (print), Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181812: Japan: Okazaki. Station 38 from "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido", 19th century (print), Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181818: Japan: Ishiyakushi. Station 44 from "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido", 19th century (print), Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181971: Japan: Spring: Towboats on the Yotsugi dori Canal. Image 33 of '100 Famous Views of Edo'. Utagawa Hiroshige (first published 1856-59) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182481: Cambodia: King Norodom Sihanouk with Cambodian militia women in 1962, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185619: China: A studio photograph of seven Chinese women posing with fans, Canton (Guangzhou), late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185631: China: Signing the Treaty of Tientsin, June 1858. Laurence Oliphant, 'Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857-1859', 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185637: UK / China: James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863). As British High Commissioner in China during the Second Opium War in 1860 he infamously ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan) in Beijing (1860) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185970: China: Kunyu Quantu or 'A Map of the Whole World', Western Hemisphere, Beijing, 1674 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185976: China: Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, 'A Map of the Myriad Countries of the World', Eastern Hemisphere. Matteo Ricci, Beijing, 1602 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186030: China / USA: Publicity picture of Anna May Wong for the 1937 Paramount Pictures release 'A Daughter of Shanghai' / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186072: Vietnam: The palace of the French Governor-General in Hanoi, 1887 / Bridgeman Images