The answer is no it is not dangerous
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He didn't discover silk, but wanted to trade for silk. They knew about it in Europe, but it was expensive and hard to get. The Silk Road was a hard dangerous trip for people.
Taklimakan Desert
By the time the middle ages were in full swing the silk road that had brought in the trade goods from China was gone. So, there was no trade between Europe and China in the middle ages. It was too far, took too long, and was too dangerous to make the trip. They got the silk from different kinds of animals.
The Silk Road was a series of routes that came off of the main Silk Road. The Silk Road consisted of the main Silk Road, minor routes and sea routes which were used later in the Silk Road's history, when the Silk Road became dangerous.
I don't think you understand the concept of the Silk Road. It was a route to get to Europe. This wasn't a shopping mall. It was long and dangerous.
The Shang Dynasty commercialized silk as a product.
No, it was actually silk.
The answer is bandits and their pets because pets are ugly. :) ;p
Mountains, Big animals, deserts.
No, silk production involves carefully unraveling the silk threads from the cocoons of silkworms without harming the worms.
They wanted to find a sea route to Asia, since the Silk Road was becoming very dangerous.