organizations

A powerful English and later British joint-stock company chartered in 1600 to trade in the Indian Ocean region, which eventually seized administrative control over vast portions of the Indian subcontinent.

The largest contiguous land empire in history, founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, which spanned from Eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan during the 13th and 14th centuries.

A multi-ethnic imperial state that existed from 1299 to 1922, dominating southeastern Europe, western Asia, and North Africa.

The largest Christian church and the oldest continuously functioning international institution in the world.

A powerful West African empire that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th centuries from its capital of Gao.

An international organization founded in 1945 to maintain international peace, security, and cooperation.