Which of these was a direct result of the Punic Wars?
Rome's navy lost a major battle and lost power.
Carthage became a great Mediterranean power.
Rome became a great Mediterranean power.
Rome and Carthage both rejected democratic principles.

The Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy (aka Empire) disappeared entirely becoming the the nation states of, or partial nation states of, or loss of land to: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland, Italy, Romania.

Explanation:

an expansion is one of two basic business cycle phases; the other is contraction. the transition from expansion to contraction is a peak, and the changeover from contraction to expansion is a trough.