1.0Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP)/cifpcuthemeedtr5/cifp/author/cuthemeedtr5/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3IUEXS9ly2"><a href="/cifp/2010/solomon-islands-diagnostic/">Solomon Islands Diagnostic</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/cifp/2010/solomon-islands-diagnostic/embed/#?secret=3IUEXS9ly2" width="600" height="338" title="“Solomon Islands Diagnostic” — Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP)" data-secret="3IUEXS9ly2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/cifp/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> After  discovering alluvial gold  on Guadalcanal in  1568, Spanish explorer Alvaro  de Mendana,  believing  he  had  found  the  source  of  King Solomon’s great wealth, fittingly named his findings the Isles of Solomon.i  The islands, which eventually became a British colony, were a  major battleground between American and Japanese forces during World War II.  In 1942, the Japanese navy occupied the island building air  and sea bases to interrupt supply routes between the US, Australia, and New Zealand. The Americans later responded and after a protracted  confrontation, the Japanese were forced to withdraw. Solomon Islands Diagnostic