PFH2641711: Germany / Turkey: Turkish Women, "Munchner Bilderbogen", Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641714: Germany / Burma: left to right, Guberniya (Governor) of Tomsk, Kyrgyz Woman and Man, "Munchner Bilderbogen", Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641771: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: The entourage of King Sho Kei (1713-1751), 19th ruler of the Ryukyu Second Sho Dynasty, as depicted in the "Zhongshan Chuanxin Lu" ('Records of Liuqiu'), 1719 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641774: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'Chief Magistrate of Napha, Lew Chew', illustration from Matthew Calbraith Perry, 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan', New York, 1856 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642324: Japan / USA: Japanese night raiders are greeted with a barrage of anti-aircraft fire by the Marine defenders at Yontan airfield. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642342: Japan / USA: Okinawan woman and children hiding in a cave to avoid the fighting. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642351: China / Taiwan: Seal of the Republic of Formosa, 1895 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642369: Japan: Japanese women rehearse a patriotic dance on a rooftop in Osaka during the Second Sino-Japanese War, July 1938 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642408: Russia / Soviet Union: 'Productive Propaganda', Vladimir Lebedev (1891-1967), c. 1920, Lebedev, Vladimir Vasilevic (1891-1967) / Bridgeman Images

PFH3061502: India: Bengali Female. Seventy Two Specimens of Castes in India, Madura, 1837 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085367: Vietnam: Buddhist woodblock, Vinh Ngiem Pagoda (founded in the 11th century), Duc La Village, Tri Yen Commune, Tang Giang County, Bac Giang Province, c. 15th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085519: Japan: 'Hanayashiki: The Amusement Park', Yamamoto Shoun (1870-1965), c. 1910, Shoun, Yamamoto (1870-1965) / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085762: USA: Los Angeles Chinatown, engraving, Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria (1847-1915), c. 1885 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085783: Burma / Myanmar: Two Yunnanese traders in Bhamo. Vincent Clarence Scott O'Connor, photograph from 'The Silken East', 1904 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3061347: Iraq: An enthroned Muslim ruler (detail), from Abu'l-Faraj al-Isfahani's Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs) Mosul, 1219 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085404: Spain: A soldier with spear, fresco from the Hermitage of San Baudelio de Berlanga, Soria, c. 1125 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085443: Maldives: Southern Brahmi script of the Pallava period, 6th century CE, found on the island of Landhoo / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085587: China: 'Qingming Shang Tu'or 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' (detail), from a 1737 Qing Dynasty version based on the Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145) original scroll painting dating from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085450: Maldives: Buddha image discovered on Thoddu Island, 1959. Possibly 8th-9th century CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH3085654: Hawaii: Kamehameha II (c. 1797 - July 14, 1824), second king of the Kingdom of Hawaii, in Prussian uniform c. 1831 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635174: China: Two Chinese Opera actors posing in costume. John Thomson (1837-1921), c. 1870 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635204: Indonesia: Head of a Hindu deity, Candi Sukuh or Candi Ceto, central-east Java, c. 1450 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635249: Iraq-USA: US President Barack Obama and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a visit to Camp Victory, Iraq, April 7 2009, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635378: Japan: A man and a woman in conversation on a bridge at Kamejima, Nihonbashi, Edo (Tokyo), the Sumida River in the background. Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868), c. 1827 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635555: China: Guo Pu - Kuo P'u (276-324 CE), Taoist mystic and father of Fengshui / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635628: Japan: Ono no Takamura, also known as Sangi no Takamura (802-853 CE), poet and scholar of the Heian Period (794-1185). Kikuchi Yosai, mid-19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641557: Germany / China / Tibet: Tibetan women, "Munchner Bilderbogen", Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641590: Maldives: Head of a Buddha image discovered on Thoddoo Island, Northern Ari Atoll, by Muhammad Ismail Didi, c. 1955, and subsequently destroyed by Muslim iconoclasts at Male Museum, February 2012. c. 9th century CE (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641722: Germany / Sri Lanka: left to right, Actresses from Jaffna, "Munchner Bilderbogen", Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2641743: Japan: 'Kung-Twa at Lew-Chew' (Ryukyu Islands), Wilhelm Heine (1827-1885), 1856 (colour litho) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642299: Japan / Ryukyu Islands: 'Tshan-Di-Coo-Sah' (Kina Village, Yomitan Township, Okinawa), Perry Expedition, 1853 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2642407: Russia / Soviet Union: 'The Lamentation of the Entente', Vladimir Lebedev (1891-1967), c. 1920, Lebedev, Vladimir Vasilevic (1891-1967) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635184: France: Rene Caillie (1799-1838), explorer and geographer, first European to visit and return safely from Timbuktu. 'Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo, and Across the Great Desert, to Morocco, Performed in the Years 1824-1828'. London, 1830 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635202: Japan: Amida or Amitabha Buddha in lotus position, carved wood, c. 1150 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635298: Syria: The facade of the Temple of Bel at Palmyra, viewed from the north. Ink pen and black ink wash, Louis-Francois Cassas (1756-1827), 1785 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2635547: Japan: Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571-1622), leader of the Keicho Embassy from Japan to Europe (1613-1620) by Scipione Amati, 1615 / Bridgeman Images