In Asia, the spread of Buddhism led to large-scale ongoing translation efforts spanning well over a thousand years. The Tangut Empire was especially efficient in such efforts; exploiting the then newly invented block printing, and with the full support of the government (contemporary sources describe the Emperor and his mother personally contributing to the translation effort, alongside sages of various nationalities), the Tanguts took mere decades to translate volumes that had taken the Chinese centuries to render.[citation needed] COUNT 5
QSN1 Where did Buddhism spread? ANS1 Asia QSN2 Buddhism's spread led to what large-scale effort? ANS2 translation QSN3 How long did the translation effort take? ANS3 well over a thousand years QSN4 What Empire was especially good at translation? ANS4 The Tangut Empire QSN5 What were the Tanguts able to do in only decades that took the Chinese centuries? ANS5 translate volumes