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The Inca could win set-piece battles by exploiting terrain and institutional knowledge of it, but they could not secure victory in Cusco.
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“So at that level, when they use the terrain and their institutional knowledge of it to their advantage,”
“the Inca are able to win set piece battles,”
“but they can't seal the deal in Kuzco.”38:02Report a misattribution
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