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Since China had the largest impact on the silk road, the Empire's technologies were spread too. Some of these being the compass, dynamite, printing, wells and different medicine. The objects listed above had a long lasting impact on Western civilizations, as the compass was used in oceanic navigation and the wells (irrigation systems) promoted more civilizations in the Desert.
From the West, China was able to receive new knowledge about mathematics and astronomy. They also got new weapons such as the cannon from the Portuguese.

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There were various countries involved with the silk road. It streched through India, China and Mesopotamia. It went into Africa, Rome and Greece.

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The silk road was a land and sea trading route connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean. The main route led to different, smaller routes leading through the subcontinent. The main route led to regions like Mediterranean Europe and Eastern Asia. The Eurasian (Europe & Asia) landmass was bordered by the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, which traders used to travel faster or safer. Many different items, religions, and others were traded in Eurasia by using the Silk Road. Many subregions in Eurasia would be: the Intermontaine Desert, the Oasis Belt, the Trans-Eurasian Steppe Belt, China, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and the Boreal Forest.
China
China's strong geographical system became a main part of the silk road. Some travellers went by land in the eroded hills of Northern China, while others went through the South China Sea, the Red River, and the Yellow River.
The Mediterranean
The Mediterranean distributed silk road goods throughout western Eurasia, and to Northeastern Asian seas and lands. Chinese porcelain would eventually be loaded to Rome or Marseilles.

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There were many religions that were exchanged in the silk road. This was done by monks who promoted different religions along the route. One of the biggest religions being Buddhism from China. One monk who spread Buddhism was Xuanzang, as he travelled from Chang'an to India via the Oasis silk road.

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As the Silk Road went through the dessert, there was an large risk of Sand Storms, starvation and thirst. There were also bandits that would wait alongside the road for travelers with their precious stones, jewels and materials. In addition, there was also the the Black Death plague from Europe that was believed to have spread through the Silk Road.

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The silk road was a trading route that connected China, parts of Western and Central Asia, and countries along the Mediterranean. The name "silk" came from the fabric silk, since it was the most influential products on this trading route.

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The silk road helped transmit of people, goods, beliefs, ideas and inventions. One example of a Chinese invention that was spread through the silk road was paper. Paper was spread through trade and imitation. This simulated the invention of printing in China. Later on, there was a re-invention of printing in Europe. Another invention was the noria, or irrigation waterwheel. This was invented in Roman Syria and was rapidly traded along the silk road.