PFH1176663: Iran / Persia: Illustration from Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī, 'Ajā'ib al-makhlo / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183839: Laos: Tai Lu woman of Muang Sing (Muong Sing), c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183962: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1893-1896) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183981: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Sir Khalifa II bin Harub Al-Said, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1911-1960), at Wete, Pemba Island, c. 1955 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183988: Oman: Sayyid Turki bin Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1871-1888) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172846: Indonesia: Javanese classical dancer (c.1925) by Tyra Kleen (1874-1951) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172849: Indonesia: Javanese classical dancer (c.1925) by Tyra Kleen (1874-1951) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172911: Vietnam: Emperor Khai Dinh (8 October 1885 - 6 November 1925), 12th emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, in 1916. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172999: Thailand: Anand Panyarachun (1932 -), Prime Minister of Thailand, March 2, 1991 - March 23, 1992; June 10, 1992 - September 22, 1992 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173006: Thailand: Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964 - ), Prime Minister of Thailand 2008-2011 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173022: China: 'A Rest-Stop for the Khitan Khan' (left panel), Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period painting (907-960 CE) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173077: Sudan: A Meroitic perfume container from al-Kadada, near Shendi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173093: Sudan / South Sudan: 'A Niam-Niam (Azande) Minstrel' (Georg August Schweinfurth, 1874) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173106: Sudan / South Sudan: Emin Pasha greets Henry Morton Stanley, Equatoria, April 1888 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173111: Central Africa: : Sir Samuel White Baker (1821 – 1893), British explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173140: Sudan: Obverse of a Sudanese 25 Piaster banknote with portrait of Jaafar Nimeiry, President of the Sudan 1969-1985 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173149: Sudan / South Sudan: Artillery shells and rocket propelled grenades abandoned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173157: South Sudan: Appeal for books for the proposed new Dr John Garang Memorial University by the South Sudan Development Foundation, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184228: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Studio portrait of a Zanzibari woman dressed in high fashion, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184330: United Kingdom / Wales: Y Ddraig Goch, 'The Red Dragon' flag of Wales / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184405: India: Prince Kushal Singh on horseback, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, c. 1830 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184443: India: Maharana Pratap Singh, ruler of Mewar, Rajasthan (r. 1568-1597) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184502: Tanzania / Zanzibar: The Ivory Market, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184520: Tanzania / Zanzibar: 'People of Zanguebar'. From Allain Manesson Mallet, Description de l'Univers ((Paris, 1683). An illustration of Zanzibar 15 years before the establishment of the Sultanate of Zanzibar by Oman / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173219: Vietnam: A young Vietnamese man, Saigon, c.1915 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173273: Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173293: Vietnam / France: Tonkin Campaign - Francois-Jules Harmand (1845-1921) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173408: China: Compressed brick tea or 'zhuancha' from southern Yunnan, scored for breaking into smaller pieces / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177435: China: The writer Lu Xun together with his close Japanese friend Uchiyama Kanzo in Shanghai, c. 1932 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184684: Oman: The flag of the former Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman (1974-1992) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173596: Vietnam: A pastoral scene in Tonkin - traditional woodblock painting from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province / 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

PFH1173723: Cuba: Fidel Castro in pensive mood, c. 1962 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173825: Vietnam / Cambodia: A Viet (Kinh) Deputy Governor of Cambodia, c. 1828, during the reign of Nguyen Dynasty Emperor Minh Mang (r.1820-1841) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173891: Vietnam: Vietnamese Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Pham Van Tra with US Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Hanoi, March 2000 / Bridgeman Images