PFH1174135: China: Zhaoguli Buddhist Temple, Subashi Ancient City (Subashi Gucheng), Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174037: China: Pavilions on the lake, Imperial Summer Villa (Bishu Shanzhuang), Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174142: China: Horse-drawn cart next to the Subashi Ancient City (Subashi Gucheng), Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174309: Egypyt: Queen Hatshepsut's fleet sailing down the Red Sea to Bab al-Mandeb and the Land of Punt, c. 1480 BCE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174186: Bhutan: Thanka of Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche, 20th century, Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174189: Sri Lanka: Sinhalese mother and child, late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174241: Arabia: 19th century botanical painting of parts of a myrrh tree / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174311: World: Map of Trade Routes between Europe and Asia by Land and by Sea c. 100 CE, with the future location of Dubai on the Arab Gulf indicated / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173736: Laos: Revolutionary Socialist realist-style political poster on the streets of Vientiane / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173770: Vietnam: Hoa Chinese merchants in Saigon, 1872 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173829: Vietnam: John Paul Vann (1924-1972) and his staff at the Pleiku headquarters, c. 1970 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173854: China: Bronze Dragon Turtle statue next to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, The Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173880: Vietnam: Tank of the North Vietnamese Army flying the NLF flag at the Presidential Palace (now Reunification Palace, Saigon, April 1975 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173894: China: The Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian), The Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173902: Cambodia: Neak Pean during the dry season, the central island faced by a statue of Balaha (Bodhisattva Guanyin transformed into a horse), Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173918: Vietnam: View from the door gunner's position from a U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse helicopter over Vietnam, ca. 1965. The gunner's M-60 machine gun is in the foreground / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173955: China: Emin Minaret and mosque, Turpan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173962: China: The Qianlong Tablet pavilion, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173967: China: Roof detail of the Five Pagodas gate, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174030: China: A donkey and cart in the vineyards near Turpan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174334: China: The Kizilgah Beacon Tower west of Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174383: Vietnam: The rocky coastline of Con Son Island, Con Dao National Park, Con Dao Archipelago / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174385: Thailand: Lahu women in northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174404: Thailand / China: Yao shaman's masks and other shaman paraphernalia from northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174416: China: Fragments of a Manichaean painting from Turfan, Xinjiang, c.10th century. Sacred meal of the elect at a festival of thanksgiving for Mani / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174426: Egypt: Three female musicians, better known as the 'Musicians of Amun', Tomb of Nakht, 18th Dynasty (1422-1411 BCE), at Thebes (detail), Egyptian / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174440: USA / Japan: Plaque on the USS Missouri commemorating the signing of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, September 2, 1945 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174470: Burma: A large Buddhist shelter (Burmese: 'kyaung') or resting place for monks, c.1892-96. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174477: Burma: Village elders discuss local matters, c.1892-96. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174530: Iraq / Italy: Use of plant products (as soup, restorative). Illustration from Ibn Butlan's Taqwim al-sihhah or 'Maintenance of Health' (Baghdad, 11th century) published in Italy as the Tacuinum Sanitatis in the 14th century, Italian School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174559: Iraq / Italy: Vento Meridionale - the South Wind. Illustration from Ibn Butlan's Taqwim al-sihhah or 'Maintenance of Health' (Baghdad, 11th century) published in Italy as the Tacuinum Sanitatis in the 14th century, Italian School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174579: Iraq / Italy: Red wine and conversation - the publican. Illustration from Ibn Butlan's Taqwim al-sihhah or 'Maintenance of Health' (Baghdad, 11th century) published in Italy as the Tacuinum Sanitatis in the 14th century, Italian School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174588: China / Tibet: Thangka of dancing Dakini, 20th century, Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174608: China: Shanghai's Nanjing Road in the early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174328: China: Mountain scenery near the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174362: Cambodia: Sugar palms, stilt dwellings and an ox cart at Angkor Wat, 1909 / Bridgeman Images