The study of history at the University of T bingen deals with scientific questions from the fields of antiquity, the Middle Ages and the modern age (to the present day) as well as, over time, the historical auxiliary sciences. Geographically, the European-Atlantic-Mediterranean area including Asia Minor (ancient), Eastern Europe and North America (modern times) as well as the historical geography of south-west Germany (Middle Ages and modern times) are considered in a comparative perspective.