PFH1179684: China: The inner courtyard at Zhenchang Lou Hakka Tower near Hukeng, Yongding County, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179709: China: Waterwheels serving the Hakka earth houses near Hukeng, Yongding County, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179712: Thailand: The ubosot (ordination hall) at Wat Mahawan, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179789: China / Vietnam: Ban Gioc or Detian Falls, on the Vietnamese - Chinese border, Guangxi Province (China) and Cao Bang Province (Vietnam) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179850: China: Uighur carpet weavers, carpet factory, Khotan, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179901: China: Vajrapani, Cave 3, Yulin Caves, Western Xia Dunasty (1038-1227) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179882: Thailand: Monks on their early morning almsround on the lake at the Mae Ngat Dam, near Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179936: Vietnam: Singer with a traditional Vietnamese orchestra at Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179922: China: A tomb guard (wushi yong), terracotta sculpture, Tang Dynasty, early 8th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179974: Netherlands / Holland: 'Still Life with Flowers', Hans Bollongier (1623-1672), featuring the tulip 'Semper Augustus', star bloom of the 'Tulipomania' phenomenon / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179991: Vietnam: Fishing boats on the Thu Bon River, Hoi An / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180011: India: A street scene in Cochin (Kochi) , Kerala, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179750: Thailand: Front entrance, San Jao Lim Ko Niaw also known as Leng Chu Kiang shrine, Pattani, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179761: China: Buddhist monks, Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179766: China: Buddhist monks with firewood, Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, Fujian Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179798: China / Vietnam: Ban Gioc or Detian Falls, on the Vietnamese - Chinese border, Guangxi Province (China) and Cao Bang Province (Vietnam) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179817: China: Kirghiz carpet traders, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179852: China: Uighur carpet weavers, carpet factory, Khotan, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179855: Syria: Carpet shop in the Souq-al-Hamadiyeh, Damascus / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179883: Thailand: Monks on their early morning almsround on the lake at the Mae Ngat Dam, near Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179920: China: Detail of a mural of Tara, Tibetan school, c. Tang Dynasty (618-907) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179923: China: A terracotta sculpture of a woman in elaborate dress, 7th-8th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179933: Iran / Persia: Rudaba gives birth to Rustam (Rostam). To the right is the Simurgh or Persian phoenix, which has just been called by Rustam's father Zal through the burning of one of the bird's feathers. Illustration from an early 14th century Shahnameh, I / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179955: China: Stone Forest (Shilin), Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179992: Vietnam: Fishing boats on the Thu Bon River, Hoi An / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180005: India: The early 17th century Mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. East India Company, early 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180009: India: The early 17th century Mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. William Hodges, c. 1780 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180023: Southeast Asia: A UK (Scottish Geographical Magazine) map of Greater Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, 1886 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180050: Vietnam: Colonial era house sign on Hang Duong (Sugar Street), Hanoi Old Quarter / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180054: Sri Lanka: The Kalu Ganga (Black River) near Kalutara, south of Colombo / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180080: China: Hui Wang Fen (Tombs of the Hami Kings), Hami (Kumul), Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180096: China: The new outer walls of the Hui Wang Fen (Palace and Tombs of the Hami Kings) complex, Hami (Kumul), Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180125: Syria: Nobleman in bas-relief at the Temple of Bel, Palmyra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180138: Jordan: The Djinn Blocks (actually tombs) in the Siq (shaft), Petra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180162: Yemen: Statuette of a bull. Bronze, 1st century BCE-2nd century CE, Southern Arabia / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180188: Jordan: The Palace Tomb, Petra / Bridgeman Images