Packet 9: Bonus 5

To create page numbers and indexes, this order developed a numerical system that could represent any number from 1 to 9,999 with a single glyph. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this order that developed out of a reform movement led by Robert of Molesme (“moh-LAME”) in the 12th century. This order developed new hydraulic technologies to utilize the farmlands it acquired around abbeys like Clairvaux.
ANSWER: Cistercians [or the Order of Cistercians or Ordo Cisterciensis; accept the Bernardines or the White Monks]
[10e] The Cistercian monk Bernard of Clairvaux also fostered this military order, which developed a form of banking to protect pilgrims. The Church forcibly disbanded this order in 1312.
ANSWER: Knights Templar [or the Templars or Templar Order; accept Order of Solomon’s Temple; accept Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon]
[10h] The Cistercian order was founded with an oath of poverty at this abbey. The General Chapter assembly of the Cistercians met in this abbey, which developed a cheese-making business that still operates today.
ANSWER: Cîteaux (“see-toe”) Abbey [or Abbaye de Cîteaux]
<EC, European History> | NAFTA-Packet-9

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