HELP What was the Silk Road and what were the advantages and disadvantages of this route???

The silk road is a trade passage/route from the east and west. The advantages of the silk road is the trading post, transport, and the exchange of goods. Disadvantage is how fast diseases where spread. The start of the plague was because of the silk road

Explanation:

the silk road was a trade route that connected China and Europe and was used for trading goods like fabric and spices.

some advantages were that it connected everyone. this allowed technological advancements because people were learning new things from each other.

A disadvantage was the spread of many diseases which include the black death.

shang dynasty

western zhou (ca. 1046-771 bce)

eastern zhou (ca. 771-256 bce)