1. Topkapi Palace

3. Shah Abbas and his court

4. Ali Qapu, Safavid palace in Esfahan

5. Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Esfahan

6. Persian carpets

8. Blue pottery of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

9. Persian pottery

11. Humayun’s Tomb

13. Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar’s palace

14. Mughal architecture of Fatehpur Sikri

15. Mughal painting

17. Jahangir and his sons

18. Nur Jahan, Jahangir’s favorite wife who ruled in his stead (Jahangir had a drug addiction)

19. Shah Jahan on top of the world

20. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal

21. Marble detail, Red Fort in Agra

23. Taj Mahal, the tomb of Mumtaz, Shah Jahan’s favorite wife

24. Marble detail of the Taj Mahal

27. The Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-noor Diamond

29. Ming emperor Hongwu

30. Ming emperor Yonglo

32. Ming painting depicting the Forbidden City

35. Guardian lions in the Forbidden City

38. Court Life in Ming China

41. Blue pottery of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

42. The Great Wall of China, refortified during the Ming Dynasty