Editing Subotica (section)

===Prehistory and antiquity===
In the [[Neolithic]] and [[Eneolithic]] periods, several important archaeological cultures flourished in this area, including the [[Starčevo culture]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20130215124222/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hjohnson/New%20Index/Family%20Groups/Group%20Leaders%20Pages/Pin%20Oak%20Reports/inthebeginningupdated2009_files/image010.jpg Starčevo culture]</ref> the [[Vinča culture]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catyline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Vincanska_civilizacija_5300-3500_g.p.n.jpg |title= Map |website= catyline.com}}</ref> and the [[Tiszapolgár culture]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rastko.rs/arheologija/ntasic-eneolit.html |title= [Projekat Rastko] Nikola Tasic: Eneolitske kulture centralnog i zapadnog Balkana|website= www.rastko.rs}}</ref> Early [[Proto-Indo-Europeans|Indo-European]] peoples settled in the territory of present-day Subotica in 3200 BC.<ref>[https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/category/Eurasian+Steppe The first Indo-Europeans in the Balkans] Retrieved 8 September 2022.</ref> During the [[Eneolithic]] period, the [[Bronze Age]] and the [[Iron Age]], several Indo-European archaeological cultures included areas around Subotica - the [[Baden culture]], the [[Vučedol culture]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://files.myopera.com/edwardpiercy/blog/Area-Culture-Map-1.JPG |title= Area Culture Map 1 |access-date= 2011-02-12 |url-status = dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110714143416/http://files.myopera.com/edwardpiercy/blog/Area-Culture-Map-1.JPG |archive-date=2011-07-14 }},</ref> the [[Urnfield culture]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.eliznik.org.uk/EastEurope/History/balkans-map/middle-bronze.htm|title=South East Europe history - 1,800 BC map|last=eliznik|website=www.eliznik.org.uk|access-date=2013-01-14|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130325033312/http://www.eliznik.org.uk/EastEurope/History/balkans-map/middle-bronze.htm|archive-date= 2013-03-25|url-status = dead}}</ref> and some others. Before the [[Iazyges|Iazyge]] conquest in the 1st century BC, Indo-European peoples of [[Illyrians|Illyrian]], [[Celts|Celtic]] and [[Dacians|Dacian]] descent inhabited this area. In the 3rd century BC, this area was controlled by the Celtic [[Boii]] and [[Eravisci]], while in the 1st century BC, it became part of the [[Dacian kingdom]]. From the 1st century BC, the area came under the control of the [[Sarmatian]] [[Iazyges]], who were sometimes allies and sometimes enemies of the [[Roman Empire|Romans]]. Iazyge rule lasted until the 4th century AD, after which the region came into the possession of various other peoples and states.{{sfn|Bârcă|2013|p=104}}