Social classes were the ranking to determine your state in society. for example middle class in todays society
In the Spanish colonies in America the colonists created a kind of caste system based on ethnic hierarchy which of course put the Spaniards on top. The rest of ethnic groups ranked based on their resemblance of the Spaniards so for example the Indians would be ranked higher than Blacks as they more resembled the Spaniards.
defined as the historic Land of Israel (roughly corresponding to Canaan, the Holy Land, or the region of Palestine).
