PFH1174814: Thailand: Chedi detail, Wat Prasat, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174836: India: Statue of Vishnu in slate blue stone, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, 11th-12th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174861: Thailand: Hamsa (sacred swan or goose) over the front door of the viharn at Wat Phuak Hong, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174876: China: The interior of the Kaifeng synagogue based on a drawing by the Jesuit Père Jean Domange, 1722 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174899: Persia / Iran: Rustam kills Alkus with a lance, Firdausi, Shahnama, South Asia, c. 1450 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174338: China: Yanshui Gou or 'Saltwater Gulley' near Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174366: India: Statue of seated of Ganesh or Ganesha, Mysore, Karnataka, 13th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174386: Thailand: Karen family, near Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174405: Thailand / China: Yao shaman's masks and other shaman paraphernalia from northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174420: Kenya: Swahili hair stylist at work, Mombasa, Swahili Coast, c. 1910. Both women are wearing kanga, or printed cotton wrap-around skirts characteristic of the area / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174462: Burma: A picture depicting sunset over a pagoda on the coast of Burma, c.1892-96. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174474: Burma: An image of the Buddha entwined with vines, Thaton, Burma, c.1892-96. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174478: Burma: A high-ranking Burmese gentleman, followed by his family, leaves a Buddhist temple, c.1892-96. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174499: Burma: A Karen woman weaving, c.1892-96. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174562: Iraq / Italy: Hunting birds with a crossbow. 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

PFH1174589: China / Tibet: Tibetan mandala in the Naropa tradition. Vajrayogini stands in the center of two crossed red triangles, 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174603: Thailand: Looking towards Ko Larn at sunset from Pattaya, Chonburi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174611: China: Small canal between the International Settlement and the French Concession, Shanghai, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174930: China: Making samsa (samosa), Old Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174934: China: Jama' Masjid (Great Mosque), Old Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174940: China: Young boys in front of their home's brightly decorated doors in Old Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174957: China: Bai Guang (1921 - August 27, 1999) was a famous movie star and singer. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's 'seven great singing stars'. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174966: Vietnam: Portrait of an old man, Van Mieu (Temple of Literature), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174981: President Ho Chi Minh (sculpture) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174992: China: Cover of 'The Young Companion', Shanghai, 1930s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175007: Vietnam: Revolutionary Socialist realist-style political posters can be seen in all corners of Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174935: China: Uighur man outside the entrance to a mosque in Old Kuqa, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175032: Vietnam: Mother and child, Flower Hmong village near Phong Nien, Lao Cai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174959: China: Li Lili (1915 - 2005) was a popular Shanghai-based Chinese film actress in the 1930s and 1940s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175059: Singapore: A Peranakan bride and groom, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174996: China: Scene from the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Liaoning, 1968 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175108: Japan: Young woman spinning silk, T. Enami, c. 1905, Enami Nobukuni (1859-1929) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175026: Vietnam: Flower Hmong, Bac Ha Sunday Market, Lao Cai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175041: China: Scene from the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), captioned 'Blind activist learning and using Mao Zedong Thought' (1967) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175091: Thailand: Ao Pileh (Pileh Bay), Ko Phi Phi Leh, Ko Phi Phi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175849: Thailand: Pak Bara, fishing boats / Bridgeman Images