How did the Silk Road aid in the exchange of goods and ideas during this time?

The silk road is considered the trade route between the Orient and the Occident, and which connected present-day western China with Europe via Bukhara and Samarkand, both ancient Soghdian cities that were part of the Persian Empire, but which belong to present-day Uzbekistan, Afghanistan's neighbor to the north. In this way, it would become more convenient for people in the exchange of products and ideas. :)