Original sentence: In possibly every map printed before 1960 and in most modern international treaties, documents and maps, this body of water is known by the name "Persian Gulf", reflecting traditional usage since the Greek geographers Strabo and Ptolemy, and the geopolitical realities of the time with a powerful Persian Empire (Iran) comprising the whole northern coastline and a scattering of local emirates on the Arabian coast
Edited sentence: However, various forms of rivalry between Persians and Arabs have caused the alternate term Arabian Gulf to become predominant in some circles.In possibly every map printed before 1960 and in most modern international treaties, documents and maps, this body of water is known by the name Persian Gulf, reflecting traditional usage since the Greek geographers Strabo and Ptolemy, and the geopolitical realities of the time with a powerful Persian Empire (Iran) comprising the whole northern coastline and a scattering of local emirates on the Arabian coast.It is most commonly called the Persian Gulf, after the land of Persia (modern Iran).Names beyond these two have also been applied to this body of water, as discussed below.The name of the body of water separating the Arabian Peninsula from Iran has been the subject of some dispute in recent decades