A representation of Alexander the Greats hammer and anvil strategy 

Alexander the Great was born in 356 BCE. He was tutored by Aristotle, a legendary Greek philosopher.  He was Alexander the cursed to the Persians. At his empires peak it was 2 million square miles big. He was from Macedonia.  At the time it was part of Greeks. Much before his time the Persians invade Greece, but they were unsuccessful. When Sparta and Athens fought for around a hundred years. This let them open to Maradonian forces. They wheeled a large spear that was almost double the length of a regular Greek one.  King Phillip took over all of Grease, but he got assassinated by his own bodyguard. So, his successor was Alexander the Great. He was his son. He shared his father's dream to take over Persia. Persia was the most powerful in military. Alexander the Great attacked Persia. He went undefeated on the battlefield. On his legendary conquest he founded over 50 cities'. His first major battle was the Battle of Granicus. He had to cross the He crossed the Granicus River. He defeated the Persians.  A few more battles that happened were the battles of Issus, Tyre, Gaugamela and Hydaspes. He masterfully used different military units like infantry, cavalry, archers, and siege weapons into a powerful fighting force. He was able to exploit the enemy's weaknesses. He often used the hammer and anvil strategy. He used infantry which was the anvil to pin enemy forces in place while his cavalry which was the hammer delivered decisive flank attacks.  He also was a brutal leader at times. He executed his generals very often. After his death all of the settlements went away. The longest lasting one were taken over by the rising power of Rome.