Starting out

Im not familiar with Civilisation or Minecraft so its been very hard trying to learn both of the games. I have heard something about Minecraft so it havent been so hard to learn Minecraft as learning Civilisation. First time I tried to play Civilisation i had no clue what I should do. I can see something common in Age Of Empires and Civilisation and I have played Age Of Empires few times and it was way easier than Civilisation. I still need some time learning basics of both of the games before I am starting to build things in both of the games.