PFH1186311: Japan: A traditional bucket-shaped rice measure or itto masu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186413: Iran / Persia: Isma'il, the Persian Ambassador of Tahmasp, Shah of Persia, at the court of Sultan Suleiman I, 10th Ottoman Emperor (r.1520-1566). Engraving by Melchior Lorck (1526-1583), Istanbul, c.1559 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186419: Turkey: Selim II (r.1566-1574), 11th Emperor of the Ottoman Empire, ascends the throne, the courtiers in attendance (left plate). Miniature painting by Ahmed Feridun Pasha, 1568 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186507: Japan: Ryo«tei Tanehiko, Japanese comic writer of the Edo period (1783-1842) / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1184688: Oman: Sultan Faysal bin Turki's reception of the French mission headed by Captain Ferre de Peroux, commander of the sloop Scorpion. (May 27, 1899) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184701: Burma / Myanmar: Field Marshal William Joseph 'Bill' Slim, Commander of the 14th Army in the Burma Campaign against Imperial Japan (1942-1945) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184708: Oman: British airforce personnel pose in an official photograph on top of a Canberra XH175 at RAF Masirah, 1968. Dhofar Rebellion (1962-1976) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184709: Oman: Official portrait of Qaboos bin Said Al Said, Sultan of Oman (r.1970-) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184715: Oman: Using bullock power to irrigate the fields, Ibri, December 1955 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184725: China: Deng Shiru, calligrapher and seal carver (c. 1740-1805) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184734: India: 'Marauding Tribe: Hill Naga, Cachar'. Early British colonial photograph, 1860s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184736: India: 'Marauding Tribe: Rengma Naga, Assam'. Early British colonial photograph, 1860s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184742: India: Rai Singhji, Maharaja of Bikaner, Rajasthan (r. 1574-1612), c. 1800 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184807: India: Rao Maldeo Rathore, ruler of Marwar, Rajasthan (r.1532-1562) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184808: India: Rao Raja Bishen Singh, Uniara, Tonk, Rajasthan (r. 1777-1793), c.1790 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184911: Indonesia: Carte particulière des Isles Moluques. Map of the Molucca Islands by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Paris, 1760 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185170: Sweden: The Swedish explorer of Central Asia, Sven Hedin (1865-1952), 1897 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185186: China: Chinese General Bai Chongxi (1893-1966) on the cover of the Shanghai magazine 'The Young Companion' (May 1938) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185218: China: The bodies of dead Chinese soldiers at the Dagu or Taku Forts, 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185313: China: The bodies of dead Chinese soldiers at the Dagu or Taku Forts, 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185330: UK / China: General Sir James Hope Grant GCB (1808 - 1875), Commander of British troops in China and Hong Kong during the Second Opium War (1859-1860). Portrait by Felice Beato, 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185342: France / China: Satirical French commentary on the Second Opium War, Honoré Daumier (1808-79), 1858 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185349: China: 'A Tea Warehouse', Canton (Guangzhou). Studio of Tingqua (Guan Lianchang), c. 1830-1840 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183821: Laos: Siamese (Thai) militia during the Haw Wars (c. 1875) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183823: Laos: The rulers of Phuan State during the Haw Wars (c. 1875) / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1183917: India: Maharawal Jaisal Singh, Rajput King and founder of Jaisalmer c. 1156 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183957: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Barghash bin Said al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1870-1878), c. 1875 / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1183974: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Sir Khalifa II bin Harub Al-Said, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1911-1960) / 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

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

PFH1184242: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Studio portrait of an Omani woman, c. 1890s / Bridgeman Images

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