Am I the only one who thinks this game is really hard?

I got AOE 1 in the 2000s and recently started playing it again (along with AOE 2 and 3). I've played a few random maps and then decided to move on to the campaign. The Ascent of Egypt Campaign was pretty easy but the other campaign are difficult. I couldn't even figure out how to win the first level on the Glory of Greece campaign. Is there something I'm missing? AOE 2 has a lot of resources to help people with the game, but there seems to be little of that for AOE 1.