Original sentence: "Aryan" has been subject to racialist distortions, only in 19th and 20th century Western culture, see "racist connotations" below.The term has also been used to refer to a "race", originally in the loose sense of a distinct population.The term thus grew from a tribalist self-identity, possibly in Iran to differentiate Aryan peoples from the powerful Assyrians who dominated the Middle East until Astyages of the Medes, an Aryan nation, began to conquer Assyrian lands, leading to the rise of the Persian Empire, through Astyages' grandson, Cyrus II, who, aside from being part Mede, was also part Persian, the Persians being another Aryan tribe
Edited sentence: "Aryan" has been subject to various racialist theories, in 19th and 20th century Western culture, see "racist connotations" below.According to Zoroastrian tradition and history, Aaryaa varta was founded by the Nordic people who were scattered across Europe and western Asia after the Flood changed continental landscapes, as a result of the ice age that ended between 12,000 - 10,000 BC.It has been theorized that in antediluvian times, these Nordic people originated in an island continent in the North Atlantic.The term has also been used to refer to a "race", originally of a distinct population.The term thus grew from a tribalist self-identity, possibly in Iran to differentiate Aryan peoples from the powerful, Semitic Assyrians who dominated the Middle East until Astyages of the Medes, an Aryan nation, began to conquer Assyrian lands, leading to the rise of the Persian Empire, through Astyages' grandson, Cyrus II, who, aside from being part Mede, was also part Persian, the Persians being another Aryan tribe.Two of the primary, controvertial theorists of Aryan history were Charles Darwin (in "The Descent of Man"), and Alfred Rosenberg (in "Race and Race History"), who was a primary voice of the early Nazi Party