PFH1174480: Russia: A man and a woman of Kamchatka, 1844 / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1174612: China: Shanghai's Waibaidu Bridge, located at the junction of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek, c.1930s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174645: China: A rickshaw puller beside a rosewood furniture store, Nanshi, Shanghai, 1920s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170282: Burma/ Myanmar: Bitagat Taik library in Bagan, Upper Burma, c.1920s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170311: Burma/ Myanmar: The Mahabodhi temple overlooks a backstreet in Bagan, c.1920s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170404: China: Huang Taiji, 2nd Qing Emperor (1592 - 1643), his temple name was Taizong / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170479: China: Noble Consort Xun (-1797), concubine of the Qianglong Emperor. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170596: Japan: 'Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses', a hanging scroll by Kan? Masanobu (c.1434-1530) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181206: China: Line drawing of Laozi riding his ox, artist and date unknown / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181243: India: A musician on camel back playing kettle drums, Mazhar Ali Khan, c. 1840 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181263: Arabia: 'The Harem of a Bedouin wandering in the desert', Wilhelm Gentz, 1878 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181315: Spain: Theophany (top); John prostrates himself before the Angel (centre); The Seven Churches of Asia (bottom). From the Beatus of Leon version of the Apocalypse (1047 CE). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181326: Germany: The Giving of the Seven Bowls of Wrath / The First Six Plagues, Revelation 16:1-16. Illuminated miniature from the Ottheinrich Bible / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174874: China: The Kaifeng synagogue based on a drawing by the Jesuit Père Jean Domange, 1722 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174878: Russia: A Tatar family, 1844 / 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

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

PFH1170737: Japan: A view of Kobe Harbour, c. 1890. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170851: Chile: Manner of dress of the inhabitants of Concepcion. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170854: China: A View of Macau, c.1786. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170948: Japan: Kintai Bashi or Soroban Bashi, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182085: Burma / Myanmar: A well-to-do Panthay (Chinese Muslim), Shan State, ca. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171105: Japan: An elaborately dressed standing woman. Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), c.1820 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171177: Japan: 'Fukami Jikyu' - an 1887 woodprint by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171323: Vietnam: Decorative screen at the Palace of Co-Mat, Forbidden City, Hue, c.1930. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171402: Religion: 'The Banquet of Simon of Bethany' - the story of Mary Magdalene, painted on stained glass by an unknown artist, c.1520. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182481: Cambodia: King Norodom Sihanouk with Cambodian militia women in 1962 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182551: China / Tibet: Thanka / Thangka painting of Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche, 19th-20th century, Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171587: Japan: Poster for the National Defense and Resources Exposition, Himeji, 1936 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171620: China / Burma / India: Cover of the book 'Stilwell Road - Story of the Ledo Lifeline' (Calcutta: Indian Press, c.1944-45). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171637: China: Door Guardian of Khitan nationality. Mural in the tomb of Zhang Wenzao, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171666: China: Musicians and a dancer in a mural in the tomb of Han Shixun, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171673: China: Preparing sutras for a religious ceremony (detail) in a mural in the tomb of Han Shixun, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171751: India: Japanese WWII propaganda leaflet reminding Indians how the British destroyed their cotton industry by burning crops and chopping off fingers / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171938: Korea: North Korean (DPRK) propaganda poster showing a fierce communist soldier smashing the Capitol building in Washington DC, USA / Bridgeman Images