The silk road was road set for trade that many moving along and became very popular, one of the main items being traded was silk, other items were beans and animal skins.

The statement is true.

Explanation:

The Silk Road was a network of caravan routes through Central Asia, which served for many centuries as the main trade route between China and Eastern Asia on one side and the Middle East and Mediterranean on the other. For centuries, from classical antiquity to the late Middle Ages, the Silk Road was the main connection between East and West.

These routes were not only significant for the development and flourishing of great civilizations, such as Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Persia, India and even Rome, but they also helped to ground the beginning of the modern world. It opened up economic and political relations over long distances between the different civilizations. Although silk seems to have been the foremost commodity from China, there were also many other commodities exchanged.