The processes that use the mechanisms are: Cellular respiration â ATP is generated by oxidation of organic molecules, the passage of electrons down an electron transport chain, and chemiosmosis. The final electron acceptor is almost always inorganic. Aerobic â the final electron acceptor is O 2.
The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia around 4000 BC. Mesopotamia or the Fertile Crescent was a region in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in the territory of modern Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Ancient Babylon was located in Mesopotamia between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Today, the remains of the city are spread out over a cluster of mounds located on the Euphrates about 60 miles southwest of Baghdad, Iraq.