Sorry about the confusion. From what i can gather, because he is a very eccentric individual, he was saying that i need to create a paper that discusses how alexander was successful in his military conquests but to not focus on the military successes in battle and rather on tactics he employed to keep his empire in check.
I realize however that this is extremely broad so I am considering going to the second topic he gave me which is how the ancient persian empire, post greco persian wars, played parts in the formation fo early Greek democracy. For instance he gave me an example of how sparta went to the persians for help in the pelopenisian wars. What makes this really diffcult is finding the primary sources as I have absolutly no idea where to begin and he was much less than helpful as far as naming any sources to use. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank!