Original sentence: Abrahamic tradition associates the mountains of Ararat with Mount Ararat in Turkey.Mount Ararat was, for many centuries, part of the Armenian states, it eventually fell into the hands of the Ottoman Empire and later the Persian Empire (Iran).Some have sought to connect the name "Ararat" with ancient states in the area such as Urartu, and the even older "Aratta" found in Sumerian records
Edited sentence: Abrahamic tradition associates the mountains of Ararat with Mount Ararat in present dayTurkey.More recently, it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and later the Persian Empire (Iran).Mount Ararat was, for many centuries, part of the Armenian states, and has always historically belongs to the Armenian people and the Kingdom of Ararat, the ancestors of the Armenian people.See Mount Ararat.The name "Ararat" is connected  with ancient states in the area such as Urartu, and the even older "Aratta" found in Sumerian records