Do Now! Welcome to Walata

Walata was a trading center at the southern edge of the Sahara. It was the last stop before entering the desert for caravans heading north, like one on Mansa Musa's Hajj.

You'll stop there to write diary entry #2.

One feature of desert towns like this one was the date palm which was used for everything from a food source to roofing materials.

You'll be sitting under a date palm to write diary entry #2.

To see what they look like, look at the picture below. 

For your Do Now! make a sketch of a date palm in your history spiral.  You may use any available space to sketch: next to or below your diary entries. You may even sketch your date palm in the margin.