The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically. The scope of Greek habitation and rule has varied throughout the ages and as a result, the history of Greece is similarly elastic in what it includes. Generally, the history of Greece is divided into the following periods:
Mesolithic Greece starting in 13.000 BC and ending in 7.000 BC, it was a period of long and slow development of the primitive human "proto-communities".
Neolithic Greece; covering a period beginning with the establishment of agricultural societies in 7000 BC and ending in c. 3200 – c. 3100 BC. It was a vital part of the early history of Greece because it was the base for the early bronze age civilizations. The first organized communities were developed and basic art became more advanced.
