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During the siege of Cusco, the Inca used drums, chanting, and repeated missile attacks, including attempts to set the Spanish-held buildings on fire, to exert psychological pressure.
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“the psychological aspect to it, the beating of drums and the chanting and the constant rain of missiles to set their building on fire,”Play from 38:43Report a misattribution
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