The prices were super high
The silk road was a trade route to China allowing the Europeans to trade for silk thus giving it the name of the Silk road
The Europeans wanted to buy the silk, manufactured from the silk worms cocoon's by the Chinese.
the silk road facilitated trade between china and europe
because they were all allergic to silk
They made money by selling food to travelers.
the silk road was very safe
The Silk Road stopped serving as a shipping route for silk about 1453, forcing Europeans to seek alternate trade routes and triggering the age of exploration (and ultimately the discovery of the New World).
no, the silk road was NOT covered with silk The "Silk Road" was the "road" which silk traveled from Asia to Europe.
No the Silk Road was not smooth. The Silk road was actually a road that was used for trading. The main item traded along the Silk Road was silk that is why it is called the silk road.
The route they usually used was the Silk Road which was a trip through mostly Arab nations. On the Silk Road there were people who basically made you pay to use the road. It was expensive, long, and just too much to do.
It is the Silk Road and they didn't need to facilitate trade because the Europeans were very busy with the trace between Asia and Europe.
The Chinese introduced it to the Arabs, who passed it on to Europeans.