Petrarch believed that the "Dark Ages" were not the pagan past, but the Middle Ages, the time that separated him from: the time of Jesus. 2) the time of the Church Fathers. 3) the Trojan War. 4) the Greek and Roman ages.

4) the Greek and Roman ages.

Explanation:

Francesco Petrarca, often known as Petrarch was an Italian. He was known for his works on poetry, particularly an anthology of vernacular poems about Laura. This is a woman he cannot have but actually loves so much.

In one of his works in the 1330s, Petrarch wrote that the "Dark Ages" were not the pagan past, but the Middle Ages, the time that separated him from "the classics known as the Greek and Roman ages."

the population grew a lot and was making more money

social status of early civilizations was based primarily on economic power.- true ( first choice)