In Uruk, in 3,000 B.C. the royal architect, Forget-Bur has a problem: he keeps forgetting things and wishes there was some way he could remember. Especially when the king orders a new monument to be built in his honour. Think of all the details to remember. So when Forget-Bur is inspecting the bricks for the monument, he invents the first ever form of writing: and it's one big shopping list.