PFH1166735: England / UK: 'Opium Smoking in the Lascar's Room', London (1873). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166786: Iraq: Pages from a Qur'an written in Baghdad in 1282-3 CE by calligrapher Yaqat al-Musta'simi in rare 'muhaqqaq' script. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163999: China: Naxi religious texts and cards from Yunnan, 19th century: Ancestral Worship / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164017: China: Naxi religious texts and cards from Yunnan, 19th century: In the realms of Hell / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164035: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, Anaximenes. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164083: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, the Conversion of St Paul. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164089: Thailand: 19th century mural of a white elephant. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164092: Thailand: An early engraving of the Siamese Twins Chang and Eng. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164142: China: Painting of a Qing Dynasty Manchu Bannerman with bow, arrows and quiver. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164212: Afghanistan: Goddesses, Bactria c. 2000-1800 BCE / Bridgeman Images

TWC76593: A 305/6 Pair of sabatons, made of nine plates, comprising four upper lames in the instep, a larger middle plate, four forward lames and a blunt toe-cap, possibly owned by Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (1503-64), 16th century (steel) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167125: China: 'The Giant of Yunnan, c. 1895. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167278: Mongolia: Traditional Buddhist religious painting illustrating bodhisattvas and the heavenly spheres. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164278: Malaysia: Jawi script. Hikayat Hang Tuah.19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164308: East Africa: Al Inkishafi, Swahili manuscript in Arabic script / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165282: Sri Lanka: Residence of the Governor General in Kandy. Photography by Ernst Haeckel, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165291: Sri Lanka: A Kandyan chief in full ceremonial attire. Photography by Ernst Haeckel, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164201: Afghanistan: King Muhammad Azam Khan, Amir of Afghanistan 1867-1868. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164261: China: Chinese script. Tang Dynasty calligraphy attributed to Yan Zhenqing (709-785) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164276: Indonesia: Javanese script. John Crawfurd, History of the Indian Archipelago (1820) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164303: Turkey: Turkish (Osmanli) script. 19th century tughra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164327: China: Images from the Swedish East India Company of 1746 - Types of fish. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164345: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, Crucifixion of Peter the Apostle. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164348: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, Dancing around the Golden Calf. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164351: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, Democritus / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164354: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, the Devil and a woman on horseback. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164393: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, Jesus enthroned as saviour (detail). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164396: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, John the Apostle and evangelist. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164402: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, Jupiter. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164417: Persia / Iran: Anatomical illustration of a skeleton from the Tibb-i Akbar, 'The medicine of Akbar'. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164450: Turkey: Illuminated folio from an Ottoman dua kitabi or 'prayer book' (1845). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164453: Turkey: Illuminated folio from an Ottoman dua kitabi or 'prayer book' (1845). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164462: Turkey: Illuminated folio from an Ottoman dua kitabi or 'prayer book' (1845). The Hand of Fatima. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164471: Turkey: Illuminated folio from an Ottoman dua kitabi or 'prayer book' (1845). The Kabaa and Masjid al Haram at Mecca. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164474: Turkey: Illuminated folio from an Ottoman dua kitabi or 'prayer book' (1845). The Kabaa at the Masjid al Haram at Mecca. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164565: Laos: Dr Paul Neis with three of his travelling companions / Bridgeman Images