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

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

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

PFH1174878: Russia: A Tatar family, 1844 / Bridgeman Images

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

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

PFH1174998: China: Denouncing 'Rightists', a scene from the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), 1968 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174961: China: Yu So Chow (Yu Suqiu) is a Chinese actress born in Beijing on July 9, 1930 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175116: Japan: Three geisha posing in a studio, T. Enami, c. 1905 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175262: Egypt: A camel caravan passing the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, Cairo, Pascal Coste, c.1839 / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1170527: Afghanistan: Detail of a miniature painting of Noah's Ark, c. 1425 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170562: China: Imperial Noble Consort Hui Xian (1711-1745), concubine of the Qianlong Emperor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170598: Netherlands/ Indonesia: Herman Willem Daendels, the 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (1808 –11), posthumously painted by Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170631: Japan: Tokugawa Mitsukini (1628-1701), Daimyo of Mito (1661-1691) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170716: Japan: Shinbashi, Tokyo, 1907; inset of Sengaku Soto Zen Buddhist shrine. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170719: Japan: Nata-Dera Buddhist Temple, Komatsu, near Kaga City, Ishikawa, 1897. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170735: Japan: Smoke rising from silk factories in Shizuka City, Mie Prefecture, 1934. / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1170736: Japan: A scenic rural bridge near Nagaoka, 1877. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170838: Indonesia: A young woman of Ambon in Maluku, c. 1791. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170952: Japan: The Castle, Kumamoto, c.1895. / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1171101: India: Sir Aurel Stein at Srinagar, Kashmir, in 1928. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171078: China: Ink rubbing of the stele commissioned by Qianlong depicting the arhat Asita. The upper right shows the inscriptions of the eulogy given by Qianlong. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171354: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: No.1 wall, Shakyamuni Buddha Paradise, detail. / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1171329: Vietnam: Lion used in ornamentation, Forbidden City, Hue, c.1930. / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1171593: Japan: The island of Dejima in 1729, from a Dutch engraving. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171436: Ethiopia: The British Expedition to Abyssinia. Map of Upper Nubia and Habesh or Abyssinia / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179640: USA: General Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 - October 1, 1990) / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1179657: USA: New Year's Day in Chinatown, New York, c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179693: Cuba / Argentina: Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (June 14, 1928 - October 9, 1967), commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179908: China: Vairocana Buddha, fresco in Cave 10, Yulin Caves, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) / Bridgeman Images