section_path: Near East/Egypt/Nubia
section_name: Nubia
paragraph_text: Nubia
  
  The Bronze Age in Nubia started as early as 2300 BC. Egyptians introduced copper smelting to the Nubian city of Meroë in modern-day Sudan around 2600 BC. A furnace for bronze casting found in Kerma dated back to 2300–1900 BC.