I would bet that the first multinational organization to corner an intercontinental market was the apostolic church of Rome. If https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T

I would bet that the first multinational organization to corner an intercontinental market was the apostolic church of Rome. If https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_international_trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_international_trad... is right, the necessary technology for international trade was not available before 4000 BCE (horse riding ~3700 BCE, long-distance sea travel ~2000 BCE).