PFH1163681: China: Mural from the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163769: China: Ha Guoxing, a Qing military officer from the reign of Qianlong (1735-96) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163868: China: Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Turfan, Xinjiang: Scenes of Reincarnation / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163901: Sri Lanka: Singer Sewing Machine advertisement from 1892 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164006: China: Naxi religious texts and cards from Yunnan, 19th century: The cardinal directions / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164009: China: Naxi religious texts and cards from Yunnan, 19th century; Illustrated card for ceremonial use / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164024: China: Naxi religious texts and cards from Yunnan, 19th century: Naxi warrior riding a white cow / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164045: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronilce, Aristides. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164084: Germany: The Nuremberg Chronicle, the Coronation and Glory of Mary. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164093: Vietnam: First US Marines wading ashore near Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, 1965., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164177: Afghanistan: Pashtun man, late 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165634: Burma / Myanmar: Tai Loi or 'Mountain Shan' couple in ethnic dress. The Shan text identifies them as 'Tai Loi [of] Wan Ku', while the Burmese calls them 'Shan Taung Tamyo'. The man smokes a pipe while the woman carries fruit panniers. / Bridgeman Images

TWC61863: Souvenir of Rosenlaui, Switzerland, 1860 (oil on canvas), Calame, Alexandre (1810-64) / Bridgeman Images

TWC62587: Napoleon on a Grey Horse, 1839 (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper), Bellange, Joseph-Louis-Hippolyte (1800-1866) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175995: China: Nushu (literally 'women's writing'), is a syllabic script, a simplification of Chinese characters that was used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176151: Italy / Venice: A map of Venice published by J. Stockdale, London, 1800 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176250: Greece / Byzantium /Turkey: One of two peacock endpapers from the Codex Vienna Dioscorides, Constantinople / Istanbul, CE 512 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176670: Iran / Persia: illustration from 'Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing', 13th century (manuscript) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176688: Iran / Persia: illustration from 'Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing', 13th century (manuscript) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177378: China: Guo Morou (1892-1978, right), Chinese author, historian and intellectual, watching tha artist Pan Tianshou (1897-1971, left) creating a painting, 1957, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176556: China: Hand-painted representation of mistress and servant in 19th century Qing Dynasty high society / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176562: China: Hand-painted representation of mistress and servant in 19th century Qing Dynasty high society / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177948: Thailand: King Taksin the Great (1734-1782), King of Siam 1768-1782 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172133: South Pacific: Cover of 'Faery Lands of the South Seas' by James Norman Hall and Charles Bernard Nordoff (1921) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172172: Thailand: Man holding the head of a python that has swallowed a small pig, Phuket Island, 1962, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172226: Syria: Ezra reads the Law. Fresco from Dura Europos synagogue, c.250 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172319: Japan: An itinerant charcoal seller, c.1895 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172349: Japan: Young boys making barrels and wash tubs, c.1895 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172775: Iran: Page from an illuminated 1604 copy of Tuhfat al-Iraqayn by Afzal al-Din Shirvani Khaqani (1126-1198) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172778: Iran: Page from an illuminated 1604 copy of Tuhfat al-Iraqayn by Afzal al-Din Shirvani Khaqani (1126-1198) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173355: Vietnam: A French officer of the topographical service, Tonkin Campaign, 1884 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173394: China: Embarkation of mules on the Lancang (Upper Mekong) at Notcha Tian-pi, west of Pu'er, c. 1895 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173652: Vietnam: Tympanum design of the Ngoc Lu bronze drum, Dong Son culture, c. 400-100 BCE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173667: Vietnam: Pottery vase, Sa Huynh Culture, circa 2,500 - 2,000 years BCE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173679: Vietnam / Cambodia: Coin from the Kingdom of Funan / Phu Nam, c. 100-550 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173799: Vietnam: French sailors and marine infantry go ashore to attack the Thuan An forts, 20 August 1883 / Bridgeman Images