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Spanish soldiers kidnapped and held to ransom the Emperor of the Incas, Atahualpa. He paid a massive ransom in gold and silver.
In two hours of carnage and confusion, at least 2,000 Incas died. Most were trampled to death in their attempts to escape. Not a single Spaniard died. And Pizarro took Atahualpa hostage.
The 16th Century saw Europeans elevate themselves from plundering robbers to wealthy, capitalist businessmen. The age of Plunder had begun.
The unwitting rejection of Christianity in the form of the Bible by an illiterate South American leader would lead to carnage and bloodshed.
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