The silk road wasn't one road, but a network of roads across asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. So, yes.
the silk road
Although the term the Silk Road implies a continuous journey, very few who traveled the route traversed it from end to end. The "Silk Road" is not a single road. Thus the querstion can not be answered as asked. If you were asking about a particular "silk road" then the question would have to be answered, By what method of transportation is one "traveling" along the "silk road"? If you are walking, obviously, that is slower than by bicycle, and if you are traveling the silk road by bicycle, that is slower than by motorbike. When last in China, we traveled the southern most route of the silk road through southern China, by many different contraptions including raggidy busses. That journey took us about a week to complete. But we did do sight seeing along the way. Extending over 8,000 km (5,000 miles). Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the great civilizatins of China India, Egypt, Persia (or Irac) Arabia and Rome, and helped lay the foundations for our modern world.
silk changed the world by letting us have some silk in our clothing and did you know silk is stronger than steel!
Wool is much warmer than cotton and silk and jumpers were made to keep us warm. That is why, OK?
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Really long. Longer than a list of Donald Trumps lies. Longer than the Joe Biden has been senile. Longer than the US political system has been screwing US citizens.
Yes. The Mississippi River is longer than the Missouri.
A silk worm.
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The silk road was a long hard dangerous expensive trip. All were looking for a means to Asia without having to use the silk road were very happy to try to find an alternate route. The whole purpose was to make money and to bring goods to Europe that people wanted. It would be like we were still using wagon trains to deliver things to stores. None of us would regret using another means of delivery.
Yes, Cubans have a longer life expetancy than an American citizen.